Dogs are Aristotelians

Posted by profpam - 21/09/09 at 11:09:03 am

From the NY Times:

Dogs, it seems, are Aristotelians, but with their own doggy teleology. Their goals are not only radically different from ours; they are often invisible to us. To get a better view, Horowitz proposes that we humans get down intellectually on all fours and start sniffing.

Rally @ SF State

Posted by profpam - 18/09/09 at 03:09:08 pm

I just received info about a rally on Thursday. I’ll be there. Will you?

*WHAT*: Speak Out (in solidarity with a one-day strike of students, staff and faculty at the University of California.)
*WHEN*: Thursday, September 24th at NOON
*WHERE*: Malcolm X Plaza
*INFO*: www.ucfacultywalkout.com

*WHY:* To protest the budget cuts *AND* to show a campus presence that is ready to mobilize in larger form for next year

NOCRAP Metaphysics M.8 and M.9

Posted by profpam - 12/09/09 at 08:09:53 pm

Today was NOCRAP day. (Northern California Readers of Ancient Philosophy) That’s the “unofficial” name. It’s really the West Coast Aristotelian Society. It was founded about 30 years ago.

We used to meet every other month at UC Berkeley and Stanford, but now we just meet at Stanford. So there! Continue reading NOCRAP Metaphysics M.8 and M.9…

If Parmenides could swing!

Posted by profpam - 10/09/09 at 07:09:53 pm

I’ve grown accustomed to thinking of Parmenides as the ultimate “cool cat”, you dig? It’s all about “What-Is”, man. You dig? In class today I mentioned bebop. But now that I think of it, he’s really much more laid back than the hard bebop cats. West Coast cool jazz all the way.

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