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Russell on moral principles

While thinking on my recent posts (here and here) on the controversy between Boghossian and Fish on moral relativism, I recalled something I read on Bertrand Russell’s Autobiography. I’m talking about the chapter on his adolescent years, specifically the section he … Continue reading

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More on moral relativism

A reader pointed out that I should have paid more attention to Boghossian’s arguments against Fish when I wrote my commentary on their virtual discussion on moral relativism. He mentioned a reply to Fish’s reply that Boghossian published thereafter. Also, … Continue reading

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Estética y Wittgenstein

Un poco en la misma tónica de mi comentario anterior, leía días atrás algunas notas sobre estética del filósofo austriaco Ludwig Wittgenstein. Las notas las recopilaron sus estudiantes de unas charlas que Wittgenstein diera en el verano de 1938. Aquí me refiero … Continue reading

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Arte, literatura y las ideas estéticas

En preparación para un ensayo que conecta la película The Matrix y las ideas de Jacques Lacan con algunas novelas de Roberto Bolaño, recién leí un análisis de la película de los hermanos Wachowski que escribiera hace unos años el … Continue reading

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Boghossian vs. Fish on Moral Relativism

Right now, I’m working on a series of papers that include a lot of philosophical stuff and critical theory in analyzing Roberto Bolaño’s work. I guess this makes me somehow keen to any philosophical discussion like the one Stanley Fish and … Continue reading

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