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pedia obscura
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A human version of Science Diet?
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Ask MeFi post - Over two years ago

What is required for "ethics consulting"?
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

Mocktails
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

The opposite of a pardon?
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

Tall stack on top of a filing cabinet. Oranizing them one of these days... [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Finely-ruled writing journals?
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

Win Fabulous Prizes!
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

In the end, it's about consciousness, but you might enjoy reading "What is it like to be a bat?" by one of my favorite philosophers, Thomas Nagel. Just think "cat" and change the echo-location bits. My personal theory is that… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

In the more analytic tradition (not Heidegger), ontology and "metaphysics" are basically synonyms. Ontology, as DaShiv says, is the study of being, or what is. An ontology is basically a set of claims about what kinds of things… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Pesto. Pesto. Pesto. Any and every pesto I've bought in a jar has been crap. Two handfuls of basil, two cloves of garlic, 3/4 cup of parmesean reggiano, pine nuts, and very good extra virgin olive oil. None of this walnut stuff or (god forbid)… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Learn to cook. Seriously. And not just "learn to cook fried rice" or mackerel something like that, but learn enough about cooking to know how to cook anything. You don't have to become a chef or even very, very good. But cooking is… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

There's nothin' Nietzsche couldn't teach ya...
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MeFi post - Over five years ago

Cheap, healthy places to catch a bite in London?
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

WYSIWYG nation
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MeFi post - Over five years ago

Linguistics from 50,000ft.
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

My father emailed me back. It's long, but comprehensive. Please excuse any grammar errors, I'm sure he typed quickly. For the record, he was born in 1936. Enjoy! I grew up on a farm in Southern ILL and taught Ag in the same area. Even though… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I was once talking about this to a girlfriend I had at the time. I tried explaining to her the feeling of loneliness I thought I would have without her, or without someone in general. I asked her if she knew what I was talking about. She said she… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I know Perry's structured procrastination has been discussed before. I can't believe the rest hasn't either, but a cursory search didn't reveal anything. My apologies if my searching skills are too rusty. [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I liked it. It says, "Marketing need not be tough. People want to buy your product anyway. It's coffee, and people like a cup of joe. So gently remind them by appealing to the part of them that wants to eat psychedelic mushrooms." [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

It doesn't go into history at all, but as I see philosophy as a skill, my favorite introduction to the field is Del Kiernan-Lewis's Learning to Philosophize: A Primer. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Nowstalgia. Thanks, I'll be here all night. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Where's the discipline specific academic gossip?
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

Teaching studio art at a university.
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

More. Same caveats apply: Let's start with some basic mind-sets. Parents of these farm families took it for granted that the families had to have a sizable number of children: boys to grow up and help with the farm labor and girls to grow up… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Stole mine from Frank Herbert: "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me, and when it has gone past I will turn the… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Interior design / ID software
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

Hey, that's my bike?
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

Agree with all of the above. The thing I would recommend the most, though, is to learn to ask questions. I know you say that you don't ask many questions because you know what's going on, but getting un-confused is only one reason to ask questions,… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Regarding philosophical AskMe questions
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MetaTalk post - Over five years ago

Location, location, location
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MeFi post - Over five years ago

I've suggested the Shadowcliff Mountain Lodge before in this kind of situation. I stumbled upon it while camping in the Rockies this summer. It's a beautiful little lodge close to trails and other things in Grand Lake, CO. There are more expensive… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Big Kant fan here. Late to this little party, but I think where Kant really shines is his ethics. He laid the foundwork for what turns out to be one of the only real alternatives to utilitarianism. Modern versions of Kantian ethics are amazing and… [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Did movies invent slow-motion?
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

Well I'm an ethicist and a professor so here's my perspective: you are in college to learn the material and craft a better life for yourself. As a professor, nothing makes me happier than a student who is interested, dedicated, and learning… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Maybe now people will see the true genius of Zachary Tailor's presidency. [more]
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MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I'm a professor who occasionally assigns group presentations and who abhorred group work in college. My concern was not that I liked to do things at the last minute (I did, but tried not to be that way), but that I feared working with other students… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

trevyn: I'm a man and a feminist. I believe it is the correct view and I will convince everyone I can. I believe it is a fairly minimal standard, that women should have equal and/or in some cases more rights and opportunities as men. The battle is… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

The advice about dropping in on courses the first couple of weeks is excellent advice if you want to add the course. I've never refused someone enrollment who was dedicated enough to do the work just hoping for an official seat. As for the OP,… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

"The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn" (in a journal called just Philosophy, which is a great journal for what you're looking for) by Jonathan Bennett is a very readable classic. I don't agree with the conclusion, but it's great… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

For the record, even though it's R, I think one of the best Business Ethics movies not on amro's list is Crazy People. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

A literal battle of the sexes?
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

How deep does the orchestra pit go?
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

How do I get off the urban circuit with a Eurail pass and a backpack?
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Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

Well I was a philosophy grad student until recently (luckily landed a job my first time out), and I can understand where Elwalker is coming from. You come to philosophy grad school and see people in various stages of study, some making it, some not,… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Philosophy here: "What is it like to be a bat?" by Thomas Nagel "Later Selves and Moral Principles" by Derek Parfit "Dthat" by David Kaplan "The Essential Indexical" by John Perry "The… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

The Vegetarian Lunchbox
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MeFi post - Over five years ago

Your favorite keyboard sucks.
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MeFi post - Over five years ago

Third and final part: I had to take a break, because I coincidentally received an phone invitation to meet with my John Deere friend for lunch (passing through town). He, of course is my Mr. John Deere man! He assured me that some of the farm… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

He just sent me the third installment so I posted it into the thread. I think it's the best part. I also think he's getting a kick out of being a minor internet celebrity here. Unfortunately, I think it would be a bit of a stretch to teach him how… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Over five years ago

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