Bits of Laughing Matter (guest post)

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I am not an atheist or an agnostic but an acrostic. The whole thing puzzles me.—George Carlin I was walking down Fifth Avenue today and I found a wallet, and I was gonna keep it, rather than return it, but…

Joseph Koterski (1953-2021)

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Fordham has posted an obituary here. Dr. Koterski, a Jesuit priest, worked on topics in Catholic philosophy and the history of philosophy, especially Medieval philosophy. He was editor-in-chief of International Philosophical Quarterly. You can browse some of his publications here.…

Academic Freedom & COVID-Related Topics

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Via Keith Whittington (Princeton), we learn of the University of Iowa’s policy. According to it, faculty are not allowed to ask students to wear masks in their classroom or office, nor allowed to ask whether students have been vaccinated. Nor…

Tanya Rodriguez (1972-2021)

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(via Scott Stroud) Professor Rodriguez drowned in Folsom Lake last week. A memorial service will be held on August 21st. Tanya Rodriguez, associate professor of philosopher at Sacramento City College, has died. Professor Rodriguez specialized in aesthetics and ethics, and…

Water as a Portal to Transcendence

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“Like all profound mysteries,” the Scottish poet and mountaineer Nan Shepherd wrote as she regarded the might and mystery of water, “it is so simple that it frightens me.” Across the Atlantic, contemplating the ocean as a lens on the…