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Thoughts on Impermanence: Schopenhauer

Posted on May 26, 2014 by facedownphilosophy

I believe it is time for my return to serious philosophical enquiry. One can only be permitted to dwell in grief for so long. The content of my mind will be the final monument to a love so cherished, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy | Tagged Arthur Schopenhauer, impermanence, pessimism, philosophy, Schopenhauer | 1 Comment

The True Moral Theory: Comparison and Analysis

Posted on May 1, 2013 by facedownphilosophy

Alright, this is going to be very long. Like, extremely long. It’s about 9500 words worth of long. I’m going to post it all at once simply as a useful reference to all of those philosophers out there that use … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Justice, Philosophy, Psychology, Questions, Religion, Writing | Tagged Act Utilitarianism, Bernard Williams, Categorical Imperative, common sense morality, Conventional Ethical Relativism, Conventional Rule Utilitarianism, Dependency Thesis, desirable traits, desirable traits to a moral theory, Diversity Thesis, divine command theory, ethical egoism, Ethical Relativism, ethics, Euthyphro, Facedownphilosophy, false implications, Formulation of Humanity as an End in Itself, Formulation of the Kingdom of Ends, Formulation of Universal Law, Gregory Kavka, Hobbes, Hypothetical Imperative, Ideal Rule Utilitarianism, Immanuel Kant, J.J.C. Smart, J.S. Mill, JJC Smart, Joel Feinberg, John Stuart Mill, Kai Nielsen, Kavka, Leviathan, Louis Pojman, Medlin, moral theory, morality, naive common sense morality, Onora O'Neill, philosophy, Plato, Psychological egoism, reductio, reductio ad absurdum, Robert Nozick, Rule Utilitarianism, sophisticated common sense morality, Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Subjective Ethical Relativism, Thomas Hobbes, Thomas Kuhn, true moral theory, utilitarianism, WPLongform | Leave a comment

Happiness v. Virtue: A Quote by Henry Sidgwick

Posted on February 21, 2013 by facedownphilosophy

It’s been a week since my last post, and I apologize. In fact, my last post wasn’t that great. It was a drunk and delirious tirade that didn’t deserve to stay up, so I shit canned it. Needless to say … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, Personal Life, Philosophy, Writing | Tagged aesthetics, Been Gone A Long Time, ethics, Facedownphilosophy, happiness, Henry Sidgwick, morality, philosophy, Schopenhauer, Sidgwick, The Methods of Ethics, virtue, writing | 1 Comment

White Privilege: A Brief Inspection

Posted on February 10, 2013 by facedownphilosophy

My Dear Readers, The following is a brief inspection of the theory of white privilege. I was forced by a terrible professor of mine to write a piece on white privilege as a way of making amends for offending her … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Writing | Tagged crux of the matter, error of my ways, intellectual honesty, intellectual integrity, kendall clark, oppression, Peggy McIntosh, philosophy, political correctness, political incorrectness, politically correct, politically incorrect, politics, Racism, racist, reason, road to damascus, saul on the road to damascus, WEB DuBois, whiskey, White Privilege, white supremacy, writing | Leave a comment

The Problem With the World

Posted on February 1, 2013 by facedownphilosophy

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” ― Charles Bukowski

Posted in Philosophy, Writing | Tagged Bukowski, certainty, Charles Bukowski, doubt, philosophy | Leave a comment

On Hope: Wisdom From My Beloved Professor

Posted on January 6, 2013 by facedownphilosophy

So I received some correspondence from a professor of mine who is vastly more enlightened than I am, and has powerful insight into very esoteric fields of study in philosophy and religion. The woman is a true master of minds, … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Life, Philosophy, Questions, Writing | Tagged Grief, hope, hopelessness, philosophy, suffering | Leave a comment

On Vagueness: Evaluating the Linguistic, Metaphysical, and Epistemic Theories

Posted on December 6, 2012 by facedownphilosophy

Alright philosophers, another serious philosophical post tonight. It’s not that I don’t have more gut-wrenching things to talk about – I most certainly do – but I have been trying to use some of what I learned in my study … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Writing | Tagged Achille Varzi, Arguing About Language, epistemic theory of vagueness, ETV, language, linguistic theory of vagueness, LTV, metaphysical theory of vagueness, MTV, ontological theory of vagueness, OTV, philosophy, philosophy of language, Samantha Owens, Sorites, Sorites paradox, Timothy Williamson, vagueness, Varzi, Williamson | 1 Comment

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Tag Archives: philosophy

Thoughts on Impermanence: Schopenhauer

The True Moral Theory: Comparison and Analysis

Happiness v. Virtue: A Quote by Henry Sidgwick

White Privilege: A Brief Inspection

The Problem With the World

On Hope: Wisdom From My Beloved Professor

On Vagueness: Evaluating the Linguistic, Metaphysical, and Epistemic Theories

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