Category Archives: Theory

“Call it, he said.She looked at him, at his outheld wrist. What? She said.Call it.I wont do it.Yes you will. Call it.God would not want me to do that.Of course he would. You should try to save yourself. Call it. This is your last chance.Heads, she said.He lifted his hand away. The coin was tails.I’mContinue reading “Freedom and Determinacy”

“This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars.” -William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act I Scene ii A common problem that I have encountered is understanding the context of a givenContinue reading “MacIntyre & Oakeshott: Negotiating Contexts and the Risk of Expertise”

I just had the pleasure of sitting through another of Wes Anderson’s films, Moonrise Kingdom. As is the case with all art, I believe it is best to merely recommend that others seek it out for themselves if they should be so inclined; it is certainly worth a viewing (or perhaps a few), but itContinue reading “Delightful Contemplation: Purposeless Moments”

As is no surprise to anyone who knows me well or has taken a look around my blogsite and the posts I have released so far, my own thought is deeply indebted to the work of the twentieth century philosopher, Michael Oakeshott. Despite that he is often viewed as a predominantly political thinker, focusing largelyContinue reading “Michael Oakeshott and the Metaphor of Conversation”

Over the past few days, I have seen my social media feeds overrun with a quite different sort of posts than usual. As opposed to the monotonous postings of bored people trying to figure out what to do while self-isolating, I have seen a considerable turn toward social and political issues. In and of itself,Continue reading “Michel de Montaigne and the Mystery of Ourselves”