Cattle Dog Smiles (TIPA). Tired Hands knocks it out of the park again.
Benjamin Norris
@benjaminnorris.bsky.social
Philosopher for hire. AOS: German Idealism, Contemporary Continental. AOC: Modern Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy. Author of Schelling and Spinoza: Realism, Idealism, and the Absolute.
My favorite use of the trolley problem is putting it on an exam and reading the answers of the students who never came to class and refuse to work within the confines of the experiment. I've seen some real creative "solutions".
I'm reworking my Ancient philosophy syllabus. We're going to do Euthyphro and Crito as well as selections from the Republic and Parmenides. I kind of want to add a full dialogue that's not just about ethics. If you could only have students read one full Platonic dialogue, which would you pick?
So my article got published, but I can't afford to access it. They're supposed to send me a pdf but I'm still waiting. 😔
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New volume of essays on Fichte's moral and political philosophy coming out at the end of the year. Some really great essays in here - excited for it to finally appear.
The sound a bluetooth device makes when it gets disconnected always makes me a little sad. "Where did my friend go?"
Word is that everything is in order for this special issue of the Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia to come out tomorrow! My article "Who Knows? On Schelling's Monism" is one of the contributions. I'm excited to see what else is included.
Climbing video. Overhang V1. Got a ways to go to get back to where I was, but slow progress is still progress I guess.
My paper "Who Knows? On Schelling’s Monism" has been accepted for publication in the Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia! This one took a while to get right, and I'm excited to share it finally. Today was a good day to get some good news.
"Rituals of Shame" captures something of "Watching from a Distance" I didn't think would be possible. On first listen one says "sure, that's a Warning album", but then something of it get stuck inside your brain. Eventually you will find yourself listening to it on repeat.
Any suggestions for a journal that might be interested in a paper on monism, miracles, and political theology in Spinoza and Schelling?
Hell yeah. "Through Zero" (2026) by Elder. Psych/Prog/Stoner metal (what do genres even mean at this point???) Serious contender for album of the year. Check it out if you haven't yet.
No offense but if The Dillinger Escape Plan thinks I'm gonna pay $75 to go see them (and honestly mostly because I want to see the opener*) they are insane. *Caged - local Philadelphia doom metal group. Pretty weird, heavy, lots of fun.
Trying to explain to the Boy what an "air quality index" is and why fires in Canada are keeping us from going on our nightly trip to the graveyard. Also trying to explain what a "Canada" is. He's not buying any of it.
Hell yeah. "Quietly" (2008) by Mouth of the Architect. Post-Metal, for fans of Isis (the band you weirdos).
Rewatching Battlestar Galactica in preparation for the Fall semester.
Haven't bid on Ebay in a while, but I just won a signed copy of SUMACS's 2016 "What One Becomes". Pretty cool.
Hajime Tanabe's "Philosophy as Metanoetics" finally arrived. I can't help but think how interesting it would be to do a class on the preface and chapter 1 in the contemporary US context. "in the last analysis, everyone is responsible, collectively, for social affairs" (60).
Hell Yeah. "Magnus" (2018) by Thou. Atmospheric Doom/Black Metal.
I decided to start climbing again this summer. I bring a book so I can get some work done (and give my arms a rest). Really great decision. Shout out to Philadelphia Rock Gyms in East Falls. Awesome space, great route setters, so much bouldering.
Hell yeah. "Plantgazer" (2020) by Show Me a Dinosaur. Blackgaze - for fans of Deafheaven.
Seems like the term "cease fire" has undergone the same fate as the world "literally".
So I ordered a copy of Hajime Tanabe's "Philosophy as Metanoetics" from amazon (I know, I'm sorry) and they seemed to have mixed up the order. Instead of the book, I received various swimming outfits. Someone out there is going to be very confused when they receive my order...
Came home yesterday but damn did we have fun at the lake.
