Former President Bill Clinton gave a speech at the 2012 DNC that, by social media standards, rocked the nation. By the look of the articles I’ve read , it appears that pundits and writers think the same thing. For almost 50 minutes, Bill Clinton explained policy (not an interesting thing), but the people got it and the […]
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A.J. Ayer in “Critique of Ethics” argues that moral judgments are not objective. He denies that they are even propositions at all. So for Ayer, when we say Fornication is wrong it is meaningless because there is no way to verify its truth or falsity. Ayer argues that moral judgments are simply expressions of disapproval
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A few months back, Cornel West joined Simon Critchley in conversation at BAM. Critchely was there to discuss his new book, Faith of the Faithless:Experiments in Political Theology. (I didn’t make it. I’m just finding out the conversation happened and happened a few block from
This past week I had an opportunity to attend the Rutgers Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy. The week long institute was founded by Howard McGary as a way to recruit underrepresented students into philosophy and has been going strong for 20 years. Each day students read the work of philosophers and then engaged themselves
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“Every revolution requires its thinkers. Every movement is grounded in a philosophy”- Dr. Anthony Monteiro. The Museum of the City of New York has a wonderful exhibit called “Activist New York”. It is a well informed exhibit that chronologically takes a look at activism since New York City’s inception. It begins with the Quakers fight
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I took a visit to the Schomburg to visit the Gordon Parks Exhibit and Moletta Sleet Jr. Exhibit in Harlem this week. Both were great photographers who documented black life at a time when blacks were fighting but also ascending. There is So much history and inspiration in each picture.
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This summer, in addition to teaching a summer course, I’ve been writing. I’ve been working on two papers, one for a chapter for a book and another is my writing sample. My summer has been filled with days and night full of research, writing, editing, rewriting, feedback, and more editing. Writing is not a task
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No one group is monolithic. That is why I think videos like this are important because they demythologized misconceptions we have about cultures. Usually when we think about people of faith, Blacks some to mind. I will let the Anthropologists explain the myriad of reasons but for one, faith for Blacks, particularly in America, have
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Today is Friday the 13th and I’m led to think about superstition. We all are somewhat familiar with it. It’s the rituals or the signs we interpret as bringing us good luck or bad luck. Here are some examples: “If your hand itches that means money is coming. If you walk under a ladder or
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