Political Thought(s)
What poetry is to language, philosophy is to thought, a craft that brings new concepts and ways of thinking into the scholarly disciplines.
Two Thoughts for 2019
Every old man thinks the world was a better place when they were young. The colors were brighter, the smiles…
Terrestrial Science
We make a mistake in thinking state socialism is the challenger to capitalism as the most important system of terrestrial knowledge. Instead, the real challenge comes from ecology, not from economy. The mania for growth built into capitalism isn't compatible with the steady state nature of ecological systems as a whole.
Settled Unsettling
Leave taking I have always wondered why the Buddha left his wife and child and went into the forest. The…
A Good Death
D One of my college classmates was an excellent hockey player and a true sportsman. The cricket grounds where I…
Presearch
Presearch is the use of design as a tool to create ideas, theories and more generally, to prototype instruments of knowledge.
Smelly Science
Photographer: Tadeusz Lakota | Source: Unsplash Philosophy has a vision bias. The Sanskrit name for philosophical activity, ‘Darsana’ means ‘vision.’ Intriguingly,…
The Skin of the World
Photographer: David Clode | Source: Unsplash I am taking a step back from writing about contentious topics — authoritarian politics, climate change, approaching…
Navigating Higher Education
Note: this is the first post in a series that looks at how higher education needs to change in response…
Many Mes
Photographer: Andrew Seaman | Source: Unsplash MeMe and YouMe The Buddha, peace be unto him, is famous for declaring there’s no self.…