good how to call in sick for the second day running.. yes, eh eh cough wheeze, it's me.. i'm still not very well -- atchoo! atchoo! went a bit feint a few times yesterday, ehuh, ehuh. i think i'm getting bett.. oh errrr. oooo _thud_ _click_ _brrrrrrr_
good Polish Lentil Soup The nights are drawing in and there is a cold, wet chill in the air that penetrates to the very marrow of our bones. Walking the autumn streets is no longer fun; our easy dawdle replaced by determined strides, hunched shoulders, pocket-thrust hands, our former smiles now grimaces. The season
meaning of life Fiona Macpherson Dear Mr. Addyman, Thank you very much for your letter asking about the meaning of life, the universe and everything. I cannot provide you will an answer but I hope to show in what way phiolsophy tries to contibute towards an answer. Philosophers investigate questions about the nature of many
good how many toilet breaks can one man take? i resigned last week and now have four tedious weeks of notice to 'work'. I am even less motivated that I was before and spend all day doing zip. The problem is that this just makes the day even longer. It feels like these four weeks may last
philosophy Nancy Cartwright By Post: Dear Mr Addyman I'm sorry. I haven't a clue how to help with your question! Yours Nancy Cartwright
good the truth shall set you free Had to write my annual review today, couldn't summon up the enthusiasm or imagination for bullshitting so I've just told the truth.. In the past year, by my own standards and by the bank's I have achieved very little. I have enjoyed it even
philosophy Wikipedia on the meaning of life From Wikipedia.org How philosophers have addressed the question Rest of article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life
philosophy Mark Sainsbury From: Mark Sainsbury Date: 18 Oct 2003, 19:48:52 Subject: Meaning Life has no meaning, but individuals can make their lives meaningful by thinking what they would most like to achieve and then trying to achieve that. Self-awareness among 'cranks and lunatics' is a rare and valuable
good kilgore trout for president breakfast for champions is now my new favourite Vonnegut novel.. i'm laughing out loud while reading it. well.. more of a broad smile breaking through into a suppressed chuckle.. i am british, after all we don't laugh out loud in public unless we've previously
philosophy 'Orthogonal' Barnyard animals provide a good example of how not to make a fuss about what it means to live - they just live. Standing in a slaughterhouse queue, a mature sheep, for example, accepts an impending bullet-in-the-brain with perfect metaphysical vacuity. Huge numbers of men live according to this model.
good Keep Britain Tidy its just struck me what a terribly British thing 'Keep Britain Tidy' is. Keep Britain Tidy - you never know when we might have visitors! Keep Britain Tidy - what will the neighbours think? Keep Britain Tidy- or you won't get any pocket money.
philosophy David Papineau From: David Papineau Date: 16.10.2003, 15:13:50 Subject: the universe etc Dear Caspar Addyman Thanks for your odd letter. If you are really interested in how I think the universe might be, you might look at 'David Lewis and Schrodinger's Cat', which is
philosophy David Harvey From: David Harvey Date: 16 Oct 2003, 13:13:11 Subject: The Meaning of Life? Caspar, In common with at least one other respondent, I now understand why a free copy of the New Humanist arrived on my doormat, so thanks for that. In exception to at least one other
philosophy Max Steuer From: Steuer, M Date: 15 Oct 2003, 17:40:28 Subject: Life's Meaning Dear Caspar I'm an economist, not a philosopher. But it is not for that reason only that I wonder if philosophers are either particularly privileged or interested in the question of the meaning
philosophy Norman Geras From: Norman Geras Sent: Sat Oct 11 18:23:18 2003 Subject: your letter Dear Caspar Addyman Thank you for your letter of 1 October. On my weblog which you can find here: † http://www.normangeras.blogspot.com/ † I offer daily reflections on this and that. You might even call
philosophy Michael Proudfoot By post: Dear Mr Addyman, As you suggest, I receive a considerable number of unsolicited letters from members of the public, of varying degrees of sanity. I would recommend to you a book by one of my colleagues, here at Reading, John Cottingham. The book is appropriately titled 'The
philosophy Jonathan Gorman By Post J.L Gorman Some Astonishing Things - Metaphilosophy, vol. 22, 1991 pp. 28-40 Extract: The paper makes particular reference to Thomas Nagel: T. Nagel - Mortal Questions, Cambridge University Press, 1979 T. Nagel - The View from Nowhere, Oxford University Press, 1986
philosophy normblog - the blog of norm geras before 2003 http://normangeras.blogspot.com 2003 onwards.. http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/
philosophy Christopher Norris By post: Here's what I think [or thought five years ago] about this, that and the other. Hope it's of interest. Pretexts: literary and cultural studies, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1999 http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/archive/c-archive/psw-con.html CRITICAL RESOURCES Points of Intervention:
philosophy Stephen Butterfill From: Stephen Butterfill Date: Thu Oct 9, 2003 7:33:25 pm Europe/London Subject: your letter about the meaning of life ... Hi Caspar (if I may), Thanks for your letter of 1st October. I'm studying questions about belief and action such as "How do changes in
philosophy Nagel's Meaning - Robert Bass According to Thomas Nagel, the fact that gives rise to questions about the meaning of life is bound up with the possibility of occupying a detached perspective upon the world and upon ourselves, viewing them “from nowhere.” It is only because we are capable of taking up or adopting this
philosophy Derek Parfitt From: Derek Parfit Date: 09 Oct 2003, 12:52:21 Subject: (no subject) Dear Caspar Addyman, As it happens, I have written a paper which could be broadly said to be about the meaning of life and the universe. You may have seen this already, but I enclose it as
