Category Archives: Philosophy

Analytic Philosophy

I am blessed with outstanding junior colleagues working in a variety of sub-fields of philosophy.  One of them gave a presentation the other day on how to handle vague terms.  The talk was impressively precise, and I think I will … Continue reading

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Vices

Aristotle said that virtues are means between extremes.  He is not saying that everyone should strive to be mediocre and emotionally tepid in everything that they do.  The mean is relative to each situation.  So sometimes you are following the … Continue reading

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