Category: “A Rational Perspective”

by Jason Stotts So apparently there are at least some people in this country who have a strong sense of Justice combined with a strong sense of irony. This is probably the greatest bit of news I’ve ever heard in my life! (I’m sure I’ll write a real essay about this soon) ——————– Hotel Lost…

by Jason Stotts Many people have written on dreams – from ancient philosophers to contemporary Oedipus’s (that idiot Freud), yet I remain unconvinced by their arguments.  So I’ve decided to lay down some of my own views on the issue to see whether I can’t make some headway where there has been little before. It…

by Jason Stotts “I cannot understand the willingness to act, no matter how we feel, without the belief that acts are really good and bad. I cannot understand the belief that an act is bad, without regret at it’s happening. I cannot understand regret without the admission of real, genuine possibilities in the world. Only…

by Jason Stotts As I study the idea of Eudaimonia for my senior research, I’m struck by how this concept has been lost in our language: we do not even have a word for it in our language. You see, Eudaimonia means something like “human flourishing,” it’s the state of “happiness” that proceeds from being a…

by Jason Stotts It’s quite a sad day for me to know that we as a race have retrogressed so far that we are no longer able to shine light upon our own actions and see them for what they are. People have become so pragmatic that they have lost the ability to think in…

by Jason Stotts I was recently was having a conversation with one of my friends, Sandy, and we were talking about whether you should care what others think of you. This got me thinking about whether there is any role for outside evaluation to enter into your conception of yourself or whether your idea of…

by Jason Stotts I must thank Matt Morrell heartily for introducing my to Despair which is perhaps the funniest website that I have seen in a long time. For example look at this: They have all sorts of amazing posters that will make you think “Wow…” 😉

by Jason Stotts The following if from William James’ The Principles of Psychology (1890), Chapter 4 – “On Habit”; their appearance here is not me condoning Pragmatism, but I think that there is some very useful information here. Note that these passages are not contiguous in the piece and have been excerpted so the relevant…