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Sunday, June 4, 2023

Blog #112 - The Truman Show

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I recently re-watched T he Truman Show this week, and I thought, wow!  The ethical dilemmas; the allegory of the cave comparisons; Christof...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Blog #111 - Groundhog Day and the Eternal Return

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Phil Connors, the cynical TV reporter (played by Bill Murray) and central character of Groundhog Day , is tasked with doing a lame assignmen...
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Monday, May 29, 2023

Blog #110 - Red Pill or Blue Pill?

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  Which pill would you have taken and why? Neo is offered the  red pill  and the  blue pill  by Morpheus in the opening act of  the Matrix ....
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Blog #109 - Some thoughts about Inception

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    Here are some thoughts I'd like you to respond to in your answer to this blog: 1. Philosopher Immanuel Kant would likely say that bo...
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Thursday, April 20, 2023

Blog #108 - Hellenism in 2023

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  I kept wondering how Hellenistic philosophy applied to today's world as we briefly discussed it this week.  I didn't have a lot of...
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Thursday, April 6, 2023

Blog #107 - How well does Guy fit the prisoner in Plato's Allegory of the Cave?

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  So we discussed a llittle bit of Plato's Allegory of the Cave, which he used in The Republic  (his most famous philosophical work and ...
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Friday, March 17, 2023

#106 - All Vibes with the Natural Philosophers

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Please make sure y ou read the chapters, "Natural Philosophers" and "Democritus", pgs. 30-48 in order to do a great job ...
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Friday, May 27, 2022

Blog #105 - Hanna

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  The subject of genetic engineering / manipulation came up during  Hanna , though in an unrealistic sci-fi scenario where the CIA tried mak...

Blog #104 - In Time

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  "For a few immortals to live, many people must die." We are presented with a future world in the movie,  In Time , in which time...
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Thursday, May 19, 2022

Blog #103 - Should the Batman kill the Joker?

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  Please read the following article: " Why Doesn't the Batman Just Kill the Joker?" by Jesse Richards.   http://www.huffington...
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Blog #102 - Ideas about Inception

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  Here are some thoughts I'd like you to respond to in your answer to this blog: 1. Philosopher Immanuel Kant would likely say that both...
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