Author: Andrew Taggart
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Wondering Aloud About Efforting
What, let’s gently think about this, do Daoists mean when they speak about wu wei, or “effortless action”? I’d like to come to effort and set aside action. We could begin by wondering about when effort arises. It seems to arise often (always?) in the context of action. I make an effort in order to complete an…
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Secular Spirituality Is, In The End, Spiritual Materialism
We’re entering a particularly interesting moment in history when regular religious observance is, among large segments of the American population, waning while in some milieu spirituality is on the rise. One version of spirituality I’ll be discussing today I call secular spirituality. Secular Spirituality Someone becomes involved in secular spirituality when he or she comes to…
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Care, Let’s Not Forget, Is Rhythmic
Care, let’s not forget, is rhythmic. Tell me that you care about me in a way that’s not in tune or in step somehow with (call it) the way of things, and it falls, oh does it fall, on deaf ears. I don’t quite believe cuz it doesn’t quite signify. Whereas show me care so…
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A Brief Critique Of Tech Values
Often enough it’s said that technology is nothing but a tool. As such, it has no value built into it. Hence, it’s up to us whether and how we use the tool. This is a version of the fact/value split, and it’s plainly wrong. According to this view, technology supplies us with facts and humans…
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Philosophy Will Never Be Popular
1. Recent stories about philosophy in Silicon Valley imply that philosophy is becoming more popular. The mainstream media too implies that philosophy ought to be popular. Yet, I want to show, it can never be. 2. Let it be said at the outset that philosophy, insofar as it is the loving pursuit of living a…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 