Publication, Potential Publication, Potential Production |
A bit of personal good news.1) My book "Diaphysics" -- what in philosophy would be called a work on metaphysics -- has been accepted for publication. It will be a while before it's out on the shelves,...
Posted by Troy on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:02:00 PST |
Libertarian Culture, Libertarian World |
I'm reading a book on art by the critic Danto titled "The Philosophical Disenfranchisement of Art," in which he observes that philosophy has treated art as "superstructure" rather than a "base" activi...
Posted by Troy on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:54:00 PST |
The Emerson Institute for Freedom and Culture -- Mission Statement |
My wife, Anna, and I will be setting up a nonprofit organization we are tentatively calling "The Emerson Institute for Freedom and Culture" -- a think tank to promote the creation of a naturally class...
Posted by Troy on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:21:00 PST |
Synopsis and Characters of REFLECTIONS |
Here's a synopsis and character list for my new play "Reflections." What do you think? Sound like anything you might want to see? I would love to get together with a musician and choreographer to add ...
Posted by Troy on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:44:00 PST |
"Common Genius" by Bill Greene -- A Review |
The only thing more annoying to me than anti-intellectualism are intellectuals themselves.Of course, this depends upon your definition of an intellectual. One of the things that always annoyed me abou...
Posted by Troy on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:33:00 PST |
Leftism Is a Psychopathology |
"Is there someone in your life who takes credit for your successes? Is there someone who is constantly telling you how to do everything? Do you know someone who constantly invades your privacy?""it is...
Posted by Troy on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:36:00 PST |
Free Trade in Ancient Greece |
Over on EconLog, Arnold Kling repeatedly claims that there was no trading of produced goods in the ancient world (or before the Modern Era), but only of plundered goods. While there is little doubt th...
Posted by Troy on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:57:00 PST |
Greed vs. Covetousness |
When my wife was on spring break, we went to Kentucky to visit family. We went and had dinner with the pastor of my church growing up -- Maranatha Baptist Church -- and his wife more because I was clo...
Posted by Troy on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:43:00 PST |
Prometheus Institute Blog |
Everyone should go to The Prometheus Institute website at www.theprometheusinstutute.org and read my blog posting there. I'll be posting there every Tuesday.
Posted by Troy on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:30:00 PST |
Reason and Property |
It's been a while, but I did manage to finally get the time to answer the second part of Shawn Darling's question, below:"Now, on to Heidegger. His critique of metaphysics, of Western "reason" (to be ...
Posted by Troy on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:36:00 PST |
