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Some arguments from biology try to reduce a woman to what she is in society. However, no man or woman within society has escaped its powers to shape them as people. And as people are in society is in no way related to biology. One can hardly imagine a woman in the state of nature [...]

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This is a paper I wrote for my phenomenology class and I will post it in two parts (one today and one next Monday). When I first wrote this I felt really confident that my answer to the above question would be “no,” but the more I discuss this topic with other people the more [...]

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January 9th marked Simone de Beauvoir’s 100th birthday.
(HT: SWIP-List)

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I hope to hear what you guys think of this post, I’m sure there is at least one doubt-worthy premise, but I thought it was a least an interesting topic. In this post I want to first show how phenomenology identifies false problems by breaking perceptual inputs into pieces and wholes. Next I want to apply this to time [...]

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With the Fall semester fully in swing there are great articles and discussions abound. Here are some for your consideration:
In his most recent post, Efficiency and Value, Richard from Philosophy, Etc. wonders whether supporting high-efficiency superstores provides more value than less efficient craft oriented systems.
Over at Brains, the most recent post is a [...]

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I wanted to give a ‘heads up’ on an upcoming event:
Look forward to an evening with Alphonso Lingis (Penn State) speaking at UNF on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in the University Center. Check link for more info.
Tickets are available online through the link above starting Sept 5th, 2007.

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It seems to me that when hallucination is discussed in Phenomenology, it is generally in the context of perception. Hallucination might be considered a type of perception, but this is not very illuminating for a phenomenon that seems to be so apart from what we consider normal perception. In the phenomenological context of [...]

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… a colloquium featuring Stephen Watson (Notre Dame) at UCF today — Monday, February 5th. Information is available here.
- Rico Vitz

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