Dissatisfied Fool
@dissatisfiedfool.bsky.social
Not even a pig satisfied. First-rate misologist. Contemplating the form of philosophical dissatisfaction.
Honestly this is one place where LaTeX isn't any easier, at least for a novice user.
December 14, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Honestly this is one place where LaTeX isn't any easier, at least for a novice user.
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How the hell is Canvas priced in god knows how many millions and it doesnt have pre-customized annotations as an option like Turnitin and others do? Why do institutions pay so much for things that are not saving instructors time? #Academia #MarkingSeason #BasicFeatures
December 13, 2024 at 7:05 PM
How the hell is Canvas priced in god knows how many millions and it doesnt have pre-customized annotations as an option like Turnitin and others do? Why do institutions pay so much for things that are not saving instructors time? #Academia #MarkingSeason #BasicFeatures
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This cartoon is from 1930.
It could have been today.
It could have been today.
December 12, 2024 at 10:51 PM
This cartoon is from 1930.
It could have been today.
It could have been today.
What's the point of the Cambridge Elements series? Most seem too specific and opinionated to serve as a broad overview for students (e.g. not enough lit review) and yet are not as rigorous as a more focused journal article on the subject. Am I supposed to be keeping tabs on these for my research?
December 13, 2024 at 9:14 PM
What's the point of the Cambridge Elements series? Most seem too specific and opinionated to serve as a broad overview for students (e.g. not enough lit review) and yet are not as rigorous as a more focused journal article on the subject. Am I supposed to be keeping tabs on these for my research?
Get behind me, Satan!
After a morning of intense procrastination, I feel like I need a break now.
December 9, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Get behind me, Satan!
Confused as to why Alex Guerrero is repping Paul Guyer's new book.
One of the most interesting points (to me) in @roberttalisse.bsky.social’s new Civic Solitide is Aristotle’s notion that elections are anti-democratic.
I would have dismissed lotteries in place of elections out of hand until I thought about it. @alexgphilosophy.bsky.social has a book on the topic:
I would have dismissed lotteries in place of elections out of hand until I thought about it. @alexgphilosophy.bsky.social has a book on the topic:
Alexander Guerrero,
Podcast Episode · New Books in Philosophy · 12/04/2024 · 1h 9m
podcasts.apple.com
December 8, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Confused as to why Alex Guerrero is repping Paul Guyer's new book.
It's nice to just really be seen.
“The greater the level to which consciousness has risen, the more precise and coherent will be the thoughts and the more intimate the sensations. This gives everything more depth: emotions, sorrow, joy and pain. Common fools are not even capable of true joy: they live in a state of stupor.”
December 8, 2024 at 2:34 PM
It's nice to just really be seen.
I think I'd enter the experience machine as long as it wasn't owned by Musk.
December 8, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I think I'd enter the experience machine as long as it wasn't owned by Musk.
Derrida *is* the trouble with metaphysics.
French philosopher, Derrida, idealised the present, positing it as an ideal – but was he ever able to overcome metaphysics altogether? | https://buff.ly/3xwoicb
“The concept of the pure now is a hope,” argues Peter Salmon in this article.
#philosophy #derrida #metaphysics
“The concept of the pure now is a hope,” argues Peter Salmon in this article.
#philosophy #derrida #metaphysics
Derrida and the trouble with metaphysics | Peter Salmon
According to French philosopher Jacques Derrida, western metaphysics has suffered from a long-standing hung-up. Philosophers from Plato onwards have idealised the present, positing it as an ideal,…
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December 8, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Derrida *is* the trouble with metaphysics.
Agreed. A whole lot more is required: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvf...
December 8, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Agreed. A whole lot more is required: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvf...
This really begs the question whether there aren't more important linguistic battles philosophers have lost.
Of the many battles I’ve lost, stopping people saying ‘Uni’ is among those I regret the most.
December 8, 2024 at 9:27 AM
This really begs the question whether there aren't more important linguistic battles philosophers have lost.
You may not like it, but Kant was a first-gen philosopher.
December 8, 2024 at 9:23 AM
You may not like it, but Kant was a first-gen philosopher.
Hello, World!
December 8, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Hello, World!