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Explanation of Husserl’s Phenomenology

November 28, 2014November 29, 2014 / diotimasladder / 99 Comments

Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological Philosophy (I) Try saying that five times rapidly. Reducing such a complex work to a simple blog post is likely to prove a disaster, but I'm gonna try it anyway, keeping the jargon to a minimum. Well, at least explaining the jargon. Edmund Husserl's goal … Continue reading Explanation of Husserl’s Phenomenology

Why Contemporary Novels Lack Substance

October 22, 2014April 2, 2020 / diotimasladder / 29 Comments

I recently finished a novel, The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, and I can barely remember what happened except to say it had the general message that racism is bad, mixed race identity confusing. This message has been delivered a thousand times already. It seems to be enough to raise the same question over and … Continue reading Why Contemporary Novels Lack Substance

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