Notes from the Wired
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I have based this commentary on the original German text as published by Reclam. The translation is my own, created with the assistance of ChatGPT.
Please note that this is purely my personal interpretation of the sermon. I have no formal training in theology or medieval studies, so my reading should be taken with a grain of salt.
Read moreMarch 25, 2025A year ago, a friend of mine had the idea to visit Namibia—often referred to as the “Gems of Africa” because of its diversity of animals and biomes. I’m not entirely sure how he came up with the idea. Maybe it was due to the country’s connection to Germany during its colonial period, or perhaps some algorithmic push from the “machine gods” in his feed. Whatever the reason, he asked our friend group if we were up for joining him. Another friend said yes, but I couldn’t go because it overlapped with some exams I had to take at university. However, I promised him that next semester, I would choose modules that allowed me to have some free time, which would overlap with theirs.
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Idealism and the Mind-Body Problem Paper Title: Idealism and the Mind-Body Problem Link to Paper: https://philarchive.org/rec/CHAIAT-11 Date: 2017 Paper Type: Philosophy, Idealism, Panpyschism Short Abstract: In this paper, David Chalmers provides a taxonomy of theories in idealism, introduces a new system to classify them, and investigates their usefulness in addressing the mind–body problem. 0. Introduction There is a famous philosophical saying: One starts as a materialist, then becomes a dualist, then a panpsychist, and ends up as an idealist.Feb. 14
On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious I’ve read this book twice. Sometimes I think I almost get what he’s aiming at, and then it completely slips my mind again. At times the book sounds like it’s arguing for phenomenalism, but that can’t be right. Strange book. I might need to reread it later in life, maybe with some interpretation. I don’t know.Feb. 13
