Year: 2005

by Jason Stotts Another thing I saw in the San Diego Airport was a woman wearing a shirt that said “Be as you are”, which I though was an interesting philosophical claim worthy of investigation. I can only construe 2 readings of this, 1) the loose reading – “Be an individual” and 2) the literal…

by Jason Stotts Recently I was having a discussion about value with someone and they claimed that value is just part of what a thing is – “Things are not valuable because we value them, they are valuable for what they are”, i.e. the claim is that value is intrinsic. Now, being the philosopher I…

by Jason Stotts This summer has provided for me a chance for introspection that one rarely receives – I was able to more concretely identify one of my fundamental characteristics like I had never been able to do before. The characteristic I am talking about is Purpose. You see, this summer I wasn’t able to…