Pinnedlucabeetles, boxes, and private languageLudwig Wittgenstein is famous as one of the most eccentric, genius, and idiosyncratic philosophers of the 20th century.4 min read·Oct 31, 2023--1--1
lucaHow do we judge intelligence?What makes one man more intelligent than another? Let us begin by dismissing a few commonly cited notions2 min read·6 days ago----
lucathe comfort of disinterest.Some time in the last thirty years, it became cool to be passionless.3 min read·May 5, 2024--1--1
luca‘swan’ by alice oswaldAlice Oswald comments on the interaction between natural beauty and its human surroundings in ‘Swan’. Oswald uses mechanical and…5 min read·Mar 26, 2024----
lucaCan a dualist account of mental states be defended?Dualism is a broad theory of the mind which, at its core, claims that the mind and the body are two distinct entities — that there is a…5 min read·Mar 4, 2024--2--2
lucaHistorical misconceptions about the TudorsThe Tudor dynasty, which ruled England from 1485 to 1603, is often shrouded in misconceptions. One common misconception is that Henry VIII…2 min read·Feb 29, 2024--1--1
lucaan analysis of ‘functionalism’ as a philosophical theory of mindPhysicalist theories of mind claim that all mental states are correlative to or supervenient on physical states. Functionalism is the…6 min read·Feb 28, 2024----
lucaReading slumps and smoking addictionsThe last time I got into a reading slump, I went straight to the bookstore and bought myself a new book — Evelyn Waugh’s Vile Bodies, to be…2 min read·Feb 24, 2024--2--2
lucathe false dichotomy of emotion and reasonWhen I first watched James Cameron’s blockbuster, Titanic, I cried at that pivotal moment when Rose lets go of Jack’s hand, leaving him to…2 min read·Feb 24, 2024--4--4
lucaAn exploration of ‘loss’ in ‘The Sound and the Fury’ and ‘The Great Gatsby’Characters in both ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘The Sound and the Fury’ experience great loss.7 min read·Feb 24, 2024----