Posted on December 9, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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I return to Russell’s Introductory on his History of Western Philosophy to further highlight the trendy mistake of confusing science with philosophy. The Article https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-purpose/201811/can-life-have-meaning-in-random-universe Music Credits Music by BENSOUND http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-… Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
Posted on December 3, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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There’s a new Simon Says game in town and it’s called: Science Says. As lovely as the method called Science is, it nontheless remains mute. Science can say nothing at all. Which is an attractive quality when one considers how many daft things Simon…
Category: Alex Weir, Philosophy, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Alan Watts, Can Life Have Meaning In A Random Universe, Metaphysics, Ontology, Philosophy, Psychology Today, Science
Posted on December 2, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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A breif bounce through the problem domain of philosophy, by way of Russell, by way of me. Hoozah. Etc. By the end of it you’ll sort of know what epistemology is. Hope you like it.
Posted on November 30, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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I give some commentary on the introduction to Lord Russell’s “The History of Western Philosophy.” I am rather pressed for time as my work schedule has me waking up at one AM; and although it’s a Saturday I must make it to the pub…
Category: Uncategorized, Philosophy, Social Commentary, Alex Weir, The Fractal Journal, Current Events, PoliticsTags: Ideas, Bertrand Russell, Religion, Orthodoxy, Orthodox Christianity, The Enlightenment, Liberalism
Posted on November 30, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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Finally back in the house. It’s a touch difficult to pick a title for one of these vlogs that’s all over the place. So, I sort of just listed some of the main topics under discussion. I go over those and some odds and…
Category: Uncategorized, Psychology, Philosophy, Social Commentary, Vlog, Alex Weir, The Fractal Journal, Current EventsTags: Productivity, Lifestyle, History, Vlogs, YouTube, Japan, Bertrand Russell
Posted on November 14, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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I will never cease to be baffled by the pride that a good chunk of humanity seems to take in submitting to preistcraft. By preistcraft I do not necessarily mean religion. In this broadened definition I include many ideologies and yes…among them I dare…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Humor, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedTags: Blogs, Essays, Rants
Posted on November 2, 2019
by Alex V. Weir
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IRL fasting has many benefits. Check out P.D. Mangan’s amazing anti-aging site for more on this. If that’s not enough. Even Jesus loves fasting. There’s some juju out there that can’t be banished any other way. Except maybe the internet. So should you go…
Category: Philosophy
Scientists With The Certainty of Theologians
Posted on December 9, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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I return to Russell’s Introductory on his History of Western Philosophy to further highlight the trendy mistake of confusing science with philosophy. The Article https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-purpose/201811/can-life-have-meaning-in-random-universe Music Credits Music by BENSOUND http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-… Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…
Category: Alex Weir, Philosophy, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, Meaning, Psychology Today, Science
Metaphysics is not Science
Posted on December 3, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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There’s a new Simon Says game in town and it’s called: Science Says. As lovely as the method called Science is, it nontheless remains mute. Science can say nothing at all. Which is an attractive quality when one considers how many daft things Simon…
Category: Alex Weir, Philosophy, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, Uncategorized, VlogTags: Alan Watts, Can Life Have Meaning In A Random Universe, Metaphysics, Ontology, Philosophy, Psychology Today, Science
What Are The Problems of Philosophy? (Sort Of) – Vlog
Posted on December 2, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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A breif bounce through the problem domain of philosophy, by way of Russell, by way of me. Hoozah. Etc. By the end of it you’ll sort of know what epistemology is. Hope you like it.
Category: Uncategorized, Philosophy, Vlog, Alex Weir, The Fractal JournalTags: Ideas, Bertrand Russell, Epistemology
Exploring Russell’s “The History of Western Philosophy” – A First Glance at the Introduction
Posted on November 30, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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I give some commentary on the introduction to Lord Russell’s “The History of Western Philosophy.” I am rather pressed for time as my work schedule has me waking up at one AM; and although it’s a Saturday I must make it to the pub…
Category: Uncategorized, Philosophy, Social Commentary, Alex Weir, The Fractal Journal, Current Events, PoliticsTags: Ideas, Bertrand Russell, Religion, Orthodoxy, Orthodox Christianity, The Enlightenment, Liberalism
Imperial Japan, Bertrand Russell, and Productivity (Vlog Thing)
Posted on November 30, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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Finally back in the house. It’s a touch difficult to pick a title for one of these vlogs that’s all over the place. So, I sort of just listed some of the main topics under discussion. I go over those and some odds and…
Category: Uncategorized, Psychology, Philosophy, Social Commentary, Vlog, Alex Weir, The Fractal Journal, Current EventsTags: Productivity, Lifestyle, History, Vlogs, YouTube, Japan, Bertrand Russell
Preistcraft
Posted on November 14, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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I will never cease to be baffled by the pride that a good chunk of humanity seems to take in submitting to preistcraft. By preistcraft I do not necessarily mean religion. In this broadened definition I include many ideologies and yes…among them I dare…
Category: Alex Weir, Current Events, Humor, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Commentary, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedTags: Blogs, Essays, Rants
Should You E-fast?
Posted on November 2, 2019 by Alex V. Weir
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IRL fasting has many benefits. Check out P.D. Mangan’s amazing anti-aging site for more on this. If that’s not enough. Even Jesus loves fasting. There’s some juju out there that can’t be banished any other way. Except maybe the internet. So should you go…
Category: Alex Weir, Humor, Philosophy, Psychology, The Fractal Journal, UncategorizedTags: Blog, Habits, Internet, Lifestyle, Musings
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