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Evangelist of Nature
This is my letter to the WorldThat never wrote to Me —The simple News that Nature told —With tender Majesty Her Message is committedTo Hands I cannot see —For love of Her — Sweet — countrymen —Judge tenderly — of Me On a first reading of this Emily Dickinson poem (#519 in the Franklin edition),…
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W. F. Hermans (2011)
Die liefde heet ik geen manie die ieder voelt voor zijn genie ik lees zijn boeken vol emotie en kniel dan neder in devotie voor W. F. Hermans, kloeke held die ons de Waarheid heeft verteld die in de kern der wereld zag en niets vond dan wat hoongelach. Mijn hart versnelt als ik hem…
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Ted Sider on Vagueness, Logic and Reality
For my Philosophy of Time course, my students and I read the second chapter of Ted Sider’s Four-Dimensionalism (2001). It’s called “Against Presentism” and serves very well as an introduction to attacks on that particular position. Perhaps I’ll blog about this chapter later on: as a defender of presentism, I certainly have some critical thoughts.…