I'm looking forward to giving a talk on April 22 at Siena University. The title of my paper is “Subjectivity in Life’s Meaning.” Here's my abstract:
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This remarkable work of art is Junebug, currently residing at the Montclair Catfe (in Montclair, NJ), looking for a forever home. #cats #caturday
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Read this in Parker Posey’s White Lotus accent
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
I’m currently focused on the internal goods of practices, in MacIntyre’s sense. Judging from your background you probably have—just in case you missed these, check out Albert Borgmann’s Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life (1984), and relatedly, David Strong’s Crazy Mountains (1995).
“Meaning in Practice” is the name of a talk I’ll be giving in June at the the Seventh International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life, at Carleton University. My long abstract is at the link. tigerroholt.com/2025/02/24/m...
Despite the fact that the NEH just terminated the funding for our Wise Women series, we will continue undaunted.
Our latest episode is on novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch, airing this Sunday.
All episodes in the series can be heard at:
www.philosophytalk.org/wisewomen