by C. Walker The study of aesthetics bothers itself with one primary question, among others: what is beauty? For people all over the world, beauty means something seemingly different. Yet, there are things that we all consider beautiful. As well as this, it is not uncommon to hear the phrase … More Beauty: A Definition and Theistic Suggestion
Beauty: A Definition and Theistic Suggestion
Wittgenstein at Cornell: 75 Years Later
by Ethan Kovnat It was summer of 1949, and the Cornell University Philosophy Club was gathered in a small room in Goldwin Smith Hall. This group, an assorted collection of professors and graduate students, had gathered to discuss a paper by the eminent faculty-member Professor Gregory Vlastos on Kant’s ethics.¹ … More Wittgenstein at Cornell: 75 Years Later
A Subliminal Substitution: Beauty vs. the Sublime
by Christopher Tang Abstract The land ethic is a philosophical framework posited by Aldo Lepold that extends moral consideration to the land and all biotic creatures who inhabit it. This holistic approach designates the whole land as the overarching entity of moral concern. Interestingly, Leopold’s defining moral maxim includes beauty … More A Subliminal Substitution: Beauty vs. the Sublime
Dasein und Unsinn: A Critique of Heidegger’s Non-Materialist Temporal Epistemology
Written by Joseph Samper Finberg Abstract ”Quid est enim tempus? Quis hoc facile breviterque explicaverit? ” Augustine of Hippo 1623 years ago wrote, to this day it speaks to the enigmatic and elusive nature of time, a concept that has puzzled philosophers and physicists for centuries. In this article, we … More Dasein und Unsinn: A Critique of Heidegger’s Non-Materialist Temporal Epistemology
Error 404 Digital-Dasein not found: a modern investigation into Heidegger’s Being-towards-death
Written by Caleb Knight In 1976, 49 years after the publication of Being and Time,1 Martin Heidegger came to his own demise in the hills of the Black Forest. In the same year on the opposite side of the globe Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs released the Apple I, Bill … More Error 404 Digital-Dasein not found: a modern investigation into Heidegger’s Being-towards-death