Retrieval of classical philosophy and engagement in public philosophical discourse of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. Teacher, speaker, author.
When we identify what a thing is, we attempt to grasp its nature — its logos — and to express that thing with words. In identifying and defining, we are interpreting or giving meaning to what comes to us through sensation or through thought. Sensations include seeing, hearing, smelling…
How is reason related to meaning? Reason is used to test the meaning of concepts, words, judgments, and statements. We understand what something means when we grasp the concept that the word expresses. Since concepts grasp the nature of a thing, reason assumes there are objective permanent…
As a student and teacher of philosophy, I have been thinking about the definition and nature of reason for about 25 years. I am in the process of writing a paper for a conference in May on the topic of “Reason and its Other.” By “reason” I am thinking primarily of the laws of thought as first…
