Category: nature

• Extreme Humanism and the Name(d): A Leap over the Threshold of Language (Part III of IV)

  Jul 12

  At first glance, the abyss separating human beings from animals within Heidegger’s work seems to allow for the greater possibility that human beings can be seen as privileged subjects and… more ›

• Extreme Humanism and the Name(d): A Leap over the Threshold of Language (Part II of IV)

  Jul 10

  World comes to the fore within Heidegger’s exploration of the humanity of human beings. Significantly, the etymological origins of world tend more toward time and historicity (as in “the age… more ›

• Extreme Humanism and the Name(d): A Leap over the Threshold of Language (Part I of IV)

  Jul 8

  What is the nature of language? What is the language of nature? Is it solely language that distinguishes human beings from animals, or is the difference between the two more… more ›

• Frozen Tree

  Jan 5

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• Two-Track Tuesday: There’s nothing casual …

  Aug 19

  … about being a casualty. Listening to these songs in the parking lot this afternoon made me feel a bit antisocial and embarrassed. I was sitting in the car with… more ›

• The Natural Order of Things

  Jul 4

  When Stalin was in power, the preferred method for getting rid of him was the biological solution: someday, no matter how far in the future, the bastard would have to… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Dec 1

  Ah, the last of the Bullet-Point Fridays! I started this segment when I returned from Germany and began the fall semester just to ensure that throughout the long and difficult… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Nov 2

  The first definition of “bullet” listed in the OED is “a small round ball.” I think first of a child’s ball: small, probably red, and rolling across a street in… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Oct 26

  It’s like, you know, flamenco piano: when you hear the first measures of just such a beast you recognize the form (flamenco) but don’t recognize the medium (piano) because your… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Oct 12

  Well, I kept my cell phone on buzz from late September until today hoping that I’d get that call either from the MacArthur Foundation or Sweden. No such luck. I… more ›