In an earlier post, I wrote regarding my use of the masculine pronoun with an indefinite antecedent: “I refuse to use incorrect grammar or to recast my writing simply as a sacrifice of appeasement at the altar of political correctness.” Check out what the Chicago Manual of Style has to say about this issue:
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Archive for September, 2008
One of these sentences is not like the other
Posted in Grammar, tagged Cur in his scholis eos philosophiam non docent? on September 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
IP, secunda pars
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy / Theology on September 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Update: this is pretty disorganized–read at your own risk.
I said previously that the purpose of copyright is to increase the public domain. The method by which it achieves this purpose is providing incentives to those capable of producing desirable instances of the types of matter subject to copyright. On this view, once such matter has [...]
Quick FYI
Posted in Humor, Philosophy / Theology on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Turns out it was, after all, God’s will that I go to school and teach.
Great post on Existence
Posted in Other blogs, Philosophy / Theology on September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Update: Apparently it’s actually drawn from SCG, despite the similarities to the proof in De ente.
A Thomist from Just Thomism has written a short but great post on Kant’s statement that existence is not a predicate. It alludes to the proof of God’s existence in St. Thomas’s De ente, which I think is among the [...]
A Thought on Liberals, Bristol Palin, and Consequentialism
Posted in Ethics, Politics on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I read something recently, though I’m too lazy to find the link, about certain liberal commentators calling certain conservative Christians hypocrites for refusing to criticize Bristol Palin for being pregnant out of wedlock. My first thought regarding this was “What exactly is wrong with being pregnant out of wedlock?” On further reflection, I came up [...]
Intellectual Property and Copyright Infringement
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy / Theology, Politics on September 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The notion of intellectual property seems to be a contradiction of sorts, since the intellect deals with what is universal. The very possibility of private property, I believe, arises from the fact of matter which individuates physical things such that they cannot be common to all. Because of the material nature of things, my possession [...]
Ecce Vivo
Posted in Philosophy / Theology on September 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yes! I’m still alive! And I plan to start blogging on a regular basis again. Really, this time. Honest. You can trust me.
What inspired me to write this particular post is this little gem from Mere Comments:
A young woman whose family I have known for years called me for advice. She had just been told [...]
