Essays | Meaningness
"Really" is a harmful weasel word, used to intimidate you into not questioning implausible metaphysical claims. Here's how to counter them. October 16th, 2010 “Ultimate”: use carefully Ultimate is a word that can be legitimately used in discussions of meaning. Often, though, it is advertising hype, or a weasel-word. November 5th, 2010 Pop spirituality: monism goes mainstream As pop spirituality, monism is approaching pandemic prevalence. It is time for a global vaccination campaign. November 5th, 2010 Bad ideas from dead Germans Current pop spirituality is based on German Romantic Idealism from two centuries ago. I outline the key ideas these movements share. November 7th, 2010 An improbable re-animation Rotten ideas from the past -- the corpse of German Romantic Idealism -- have risen from the dead. We face the task of laying them to rest again. November 7th, 2010 Acknowledging Romantic Idealism Andrew Cohen, perhaps a major contributor to contemporary pop spirituality, now positions
Against “really” "Really" is a harmful weasel word, used to intimidate you into not questioning implausible metaphysical claims. Here's how to counter them. October 16th, 2010 “Ultimate”: use carefully Ultimate is a word that can be legitimately used in discussions of meaning. Often, though, it is advertising hype, or a weasel-word. November 5th, 2010 Pop spirituality: monism goes mainstream As pop spirituality, monism is approaching pandemic prevalence. It is time for a global vaccination campaign. November 5th, 2010 Bad ideas from dead Germans Current pop spirituality is based on…
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