Andrew Cullison

You’ve gotta love it when a car commercial picks up on the semantic/pragmatic confusion that sometimes goes with the logical connective ‘and’…

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Finally! They’re doing a Terminator in the future when all the robot war stuff happens. I’ve wanted this movie ever since I saw the first one (way back when). Christian Bale is playing the adult John Conner. I gained a new respect for the Terminator movies when I first discovered philosophy of time, read “Paradoxes [...]

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(HT: Justin over at Show Me The Argument)

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A former student pointed this blog out. It’s great…especially for those of us who like to encourage students to be mindful of use-mention confusion. (hat-tip: Justin - check his blog out here. It’s called “Broadly Construed”)

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My semester is going to be awesome! We started a faculty paper workshop last semester. We met every other week at the White Inn. I got great feedback on two works in progress. It was awesome, and we’re doing it again this semester. I’m up this Friday. I’m commenting on papers at the Central and [...]

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Here’s a new Chuck Norris Fact:When Chuck Norris doesn’t like your Chuck Norris Fact …he sues you. Serioulsy, Chuck? Erik Wielenberg on Chuck Norris Facts and Philosophy!Also, a couple of years ago, some editor for the undergraduate run paper at DePauw University belittled someone for using a Chuck Norris fact in a philosophy paper. Erik [...]

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So we’re interested in time travel when we think about philosophy of time. This guy claims to have time traveled to the future and visited his future self. He’s got video footage from his mobile phone that he hopes will prove it. (For the record - I don’t think this is legit. If I had [...]

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With things like Kagan’s death course and Young Philosophers Lecture Series (don’t forget to submit), your Ipod is going to help you love wisdom more than you already do. However, all that listening to and watching philosophy on the go will put extra demands on your Ipod. The diggers out there have pointed out a [...]

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I just got an invitation to revise and resubmit a paper. Sweet! I thought, “This is pretty exciting. It’s gonna be hard to top this one.” As far as break plans were concerned, I was all set with something fun to do. But then all the diggers out there pointed out this how-to-video. And now [...]

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I have a coffee addiction, but it’s good for doing philosophy. I get my best work done at a coffee shop. I can read through several articles, pound out a rough draft, or revise something that I’m working on. It’s great, but it’s hard on the wallet. If you got a standard latte everyday of [...]

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