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Monthly Archives: December 2010
A decade after the Millennium
Sometime before the end of the second millennium, around 1998, a group of intellectuals gathered to discuss the significance of the event. The millennium bug and the end of time were an important part of the talk of the day. … Continue reading
Posted in Literatura, Philosophy, Science
Tagged Borges, contingency, filosofía, labyrinths, philosophy, politica, Politics
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La circularidad del tiempo (y el fin de año)
Borges siempre cuestionó la idea de la circularidad del tiempo. En su ensayo “El tiempo circular” (en su Historia de la eternidad), lo hace disectando lo que para él eran sus “tres modos fundamentales”. El primer modo, el platónico, que … Continue reading
Posted in Existentialism, Literatura, Philosophy
Tagged Borges, filosofía, literature, philosophy
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The end times… according to Malick?
Last week, we finally saw some footage of Terrence Malick‘s coming film The Tree of Life. As a director, Malick has only released a few films, starting with Badlands and Days of Heaven in the 1970s, The New World in … Continue reading
Posted in Existentialism, Philosophy
Tagged films, filosofía, philosophy, Terrence Malick
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The poverty of genetic determinism
Certainly, John Cleese is one of my favorite comedians. In this podcast on his series “The Scientists,” Cleese ridicules the claims of modern genetic scientists who try to explain every single instance of human behavior “mechanically”—that is, in terms of … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy of mind, Science
Tagged filosofía, neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, science
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Blake Edwards, QEPD
El pasado miércoles 15 del corriente murió en California el director de cine estadounidense Blake Edwards. Tenía 88 años y una larga carrera de director, guionista y algunos cameos como actor. Entre las películas memorables de Edwards, hay que destacar … Continue reading