Journeyman Philosopher

 I’ve written on this topic before , where I pointed out that Left and Right political tendencies are based at least as much on personality ...

 As I mentioned in an earlier post this month, I’m currently reading Brian Greene’s book, Until the End of Time; Mind, Matter; and Our Sear...

 This is a series of posts I published on Quora recently, virtually in one day, in response to specific questions, so I thought it worth pos...

 I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube videos of Alan Moore , who’s probably best known for his graphic novels, Watchmen and V for Vendetta ,...

 I was given a book for a birthday present just after the turn of the century, titled A Terrible Beauty; The People and Ideas that Shaped th...

 I went and saw a film made of a live performance of this highly rated play, put on by the National Theatre at the Harold Pinter Theatre in ...

 This was triggered by a newsletter I received from ABC Classic (Australian radio station) with a link to a study done on ‘flow’ , which is ...

 I’m not sure I’ve ever had an original idea, but I sometimes raise one that no one else seems to talk about. And this is one of them: I con...

Last week I went and saw the movie, Freud’s Last Session , where Anthony Hopkins plays Freud, when he was in London on the very cusp of WW2 ...

As I point out in the post, this is a clumsy phrase, but I find it hard to come up with a better one. It’s actually something I wrote on Quo...

 I’ve written a few posts on creative thinking as well as analytical and critical thinking. But, not that long ago, I read a not-so-recently...

The question I’d like to ask, is there a philosophical view that encompasses both? Some may argue that Aristotle attempted that, but I’m goi...

This is the almost-same title of a book I bought recently ( Why We Read ), containing 70 short essays on the subject, featuring scholars of ...

I recently completed an online course with a similar title, How to Think Critically and Creatively . It must be the 8th or 9th course I’ve d...

  I’m reading a book called   Metaphysical Animals (How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back To Life) . The four women were Mary Midgley, Iris...