Month: March 2011

• March 20, 2011

  Alternative educational models: A philosophical overview

  Philosophical Questions Q: What is human nature? A: Human nature is thinking-crafting. Q: What is community? A: Community is self-governance aimed at the common good (an anarchist principle with a republican final end) Q: What is education? A: Education is the cultivation of our thinking-crafting natures realized in self-governance and striving toward the common good.…
• March 19, 2011

  On the difference between falling asleep and taking a nap
• March 19, 2011

  How should I refer to the philosophical counseling ‘clients’ I’m working with?

  I’m still trying to work out the language of philosophical counseling. Specifically, I’m not really sure what category to affix to the person I’m working with. To my mind, this is a deeply important philosophical question that I can’t afford to overlook. Why is that? Because I’m committed to leading a fully integrated philosophical life.…
• March 17, 2011

  The last career

  Head Banging It seems as though most 20- and 30-somethings I’ve run into in past months–not to mention some of the philosophical counseling clients I’ve worked with–insist on banging their heads against the wall. In quiet despair, they follow self-defeating strategies, tracing out beautiful collision courses with walls they’d already saluted with foreheads and cheekbones.…
• March 16, 2011

  Models for post-university life

  Check out my latest piece entitled “Models for Post-University Life”; just appeared in Inside Higher Ed. You can also read the original blog, “Can one lead a life of the mind in a post-patronage society?” Part 1 of 4. Update For a while, I’ve been mulling over the idea for a blog, “The Last Career,” which…