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Saturday, December 18, 2021

Vertical Causation and Absolute Stupidity

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What is vertical causation, and does it exist? Defined negatively, we could say it is any type of causation that isn't horizontal. Unles...

Vertical Causation and Absolute Stupidity

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What is vertical causation, and does it exist? Defined negatively, we could say it is any type of causation that isn't horizontal. Unles...
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Friday, December 17, 2021

Many Rivers to Cross

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Every day I try to read a little Schuon in order to supplement whatever else I happen to be reading, the reason being that he never fails to...

Many Rivers to Cross

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Every day I try to read a little Schuon in order to supplement whatever else I happen to be reading, the reason being that he never fails to...
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Thursday, December 16, 2021

Spiritual Intoxication and Bibulous Bobness

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Continuing with yesterday's post, Bonaventure characterizes the contemplative life as a "twofold movement" of "ascending ...

Spiritual Intoxication and Bibulous Bobness

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Continuing with yesterday's post, Bonaventure characterizes the contemplative life as a "twofold movement" of "ascending ...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021

St. Obvious, Pray for Us!

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Sometimes our bottom line is an analytic proposition such as "all bachelors are unmarried."  In other words, the truth of this st...

St. Obvious, Pray for Us!

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Sometimes our bottom line is an analytic proposition such as "all bachelors are unmarried."  In other words, the truth of this st...
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Physics ≠ Metaphysics

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Waaay back when I knew everything about everything and nothing about anything, I published a lengthy scholarly article with the portentous ...

Physics ≠ Metaphysics

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Waaay back when I knew everything about everything and nothing about anything, I published a lengthy scholarly article with the portentous ...
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Monday, December 13, 2021

Cosmic Christology and the Last Go-Round

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We're juggling two books at the moment, one on Bonaventure, the other on the nature of vertical causation, and as usual, connections are...

Cosmic Christology and the Last Go-Round

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We're juggling two books at the moment, one on Bonaventure, the other on the nature of vertical causation, and as usual, connections are...
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Sunday, December 12, 2021

When Films Collide: The Big Matriski

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Continuing with yesterday's unfinished symphony of nonsense, later in the day confirmation came in the form of chapter 9 of Wolfgang Smi...

When Films Collide: The Big Matriski

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Continuing with yesterday's unfinished symphony of nonsense, later in the day confirmation came in the form of chapter 9 of Wolfgang Smi...
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Saturday, December 11, 2021

Certitude 101: You Can't Transcend Transcendence

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Continuing with the red pill / blue pill theme, man is presented with a -- TRIGGER WARNING -- binary choice that is as consequential as tha...

Certitude 101: You Can't Transcend Transcendence

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Continuing with the red pill / blue pill theme, man is presented with a -- TRIGGER WARNING -- binary choice that is as consequential as tha...
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Thursday, December 09, 2021

You May Swallow Anything from the Medicine Cabinet, But Do Not Touch the Blue Pills

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Let's face the ontological facts: the cosmos is either a closed circle or an open one, and everything hinges upon which one it is.  Eve...

You May Swallow Anything from the Medicine Cabinet, But Do Not Touch the Blue Pills

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Let's face the ontological facts: the cosmos is either a closed circle or an open one, and everything hinges upon which one it is.  Eve...
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