Showing posts with label logic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label logic. Show all posts

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Something about Human Hope (or Delusional Thinking)

This image was shot as a response to a DailyShoot assignment about "unfinished" things. It seemed appropriate at the time.

Unfinished Business

You might need to view it a bit smaller on some screens? The 'net is giving me headaches. I was thinking about writing some big essay on this, but now that I've started, it seems pretentious and unnecessary.

Please keep in mind, this image is from a memorial theatre, built to commemorate the sacrifices of the Great War (World War I) -- the mentality predates Gandhi by a bit, I expect.

Peace: The Words and Inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi (Me-We)

On Gandhi's Path: Bob Swann's Work for Peace and Community Economics

Think about it.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Ockham's Razor

William of Ockham was a Franciscan. Okay, so he was excommunicated for opposing the authority of the Pope. But he did invent this nifty device that we continue to use to this day.



Here's some links you might want to read:

William of Ockham was, like, the John Wayne of late medieval philosophers.

There's a video surprise after the jump.