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Rather Partial: The delicate art of clinging right
I’ve been a parent for twenty-seven years—but for the past ten, you could say I’ve been a partial parent....
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Shades of Determinism and Levels of Reality
Determinism refers to a particular feature of the world by which every event that occurs is the inevitable outcome...
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Youjustifications: Why are we fighting? Let me not count the ways
Youjustifications: I’m right because you just… Again, he’s ready to leave for an event and she’s not. He asks...
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Prediction in physics
A ball projected in the air moves in accordance with the laws of gravity, but the particular path it...
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Prophesy: Religious and otherwise
Another technical meaning of revelation is the unveiling of a momentous event or events to occur in the future....
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Down & Out, Up & Out, Out & Out: Reading between the lines on “Fine”
“Fine.” A single syllable, so rich in possible meanings–does it mean fine as in “You’re right,” as in “You’re...
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Family Dinner
©2006 Tom Block (On the Mythology of the Mundane series) I created this series of paintings in 1996 and...
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Myopium: One day at a time as a drug
In the short run I measure my progress by immediate, concrete standards. Did I meet my deadlines? Did she...
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Fatalism: Practical aspects
It is important to make a distinction between looking at the past and looking into the future in fatalistic...
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Systems Metaphysics: A Bridge from Science to Religion
Systems metaphysics provides a new way to understand scientific knowledge, reveals the deep connection between fact and value, and...
