Search:

I wish I had seen it, Mike! Unfortunately, I spent half of the last week at a conference on Intelligence education and ended up being profoundly depressed.

Hi Mike,



It's a touch more complex that that :wry:. Some of it is systemic as in the organizing principle of the system. Current PME and a lot of Higher Ed uses an Authority Ranking system...

I've had similar things happen, although more along the lines of "can I take you out for a beer and pick your brains...". Again, the topic wasn't "small wars", but.... I can definitely agree with...

Hot damn! Sign me up NOW?!?!

Actually, I've thought of projects along these lines and, IMO, they would be worth the cost - even without the Caribbean end state :wry:!

Hi pup,



Excellent! We need someone who will go "Uh, guys, do you realize you are about to walk over a cliff?" :D



You know, I was never taught how to teach either, but I've been doing...

Hi Mike,

Just some initial thoughts before I get in to more detail in my next post....



Mike, if the purpose of stepping back a bit is to reflect on the stuff already in play, I certainly...

Thought it might :D.

Most of the time I've been playing with the problem with other academic colleagues, they have shied away from metaphysics as if it were the plague, even while they criticized...

Hi Sam,



Well, at least it's with a small "l" :D.



Yup. We didn't have quite as many books when I was growing up; maybe 3k or so, but I was encouraged to read anything that caught my...

So am I :D! I'll admit, this discussion would be, hmm, not necessarily "better" but, possibly, have more of a "flow" if we were doing it around a table, face to face. i guess it's just one of those...

Hi Mike,

Still processing most of this, but a few thoughts....



Very good point, Mike. Just to add to the mess of Greek terms WM tossed in, they (the Greeks) called this type of knowledge...

Yup. I was wondering when you would weigh in WM :D.

Without a (fairly) clear metaphysical model that, BTW, I would argue has to include those of our current and potential opponents, we are dead...

What I find fascinating about BB's quote is that it is really a fairly recent introduction to the academy showing up (variably) in the 1950's-60's. It is tied into a couple of important social...

Hi guys,



Yes, I always keep that one in mind even though my daughter isn't a teenager any longer ;).



I always liked this one, Sam. Then again, I like Socrates, so it's not...

Hi BB,



Totally agree on getting a common language ;). "Intellectual" improvement? Hmm, personally, I wouldn't limit it to to intellectual.



Hmm, much as I appreciate the way you've...

Translations, amn, it's all in the translations :D!



Yoga and surfing are also great ways to get to know yourself. Of course, surfing is out for me (Ontario just is atrocious for it!), but I...

Mike,

Bravo for tackling a question most of us have been sidestepping - at least here :D.

I want to start by making a couple of observations. While a lot of my educational experiences derive...