Monthly Archives: February 2013

Laziness

A friend of mine in college was writing me his take on what he used to call laziness. I thought I would share my response. ———————————- I see I didn’t address your point about laziness.  I think for creative people, … Continue reading

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The irruption of “I”

One of the discussions that periodically restarts itself is that of the role of the reader in interpreting writing (or speech or film or…) and to what extent that role should be (and if so, should be acknowledged to be) … Continue reading

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Philosophy(?)

(This post is from a letter to a friend.) I am re-reading Cornel West’s “The American Evasion of Philosophy” since I’m giving a talk on it this Sunday at the Unitarian Fellowship.  In reading what Dewey had to say about … Continue reading

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