Friday, April 3, 2009

some articles on Wittgenstein, eastern philosophy

Here's an eastern-philosophical take on the philosophy of transcending boundaries that my brother sent me:

http://www.centerpointe.com/blog/2009/04/02/news-flash-theres-no-escape/#more-46


Here is a New Yorker Book Review of a new biography of the Wittgenstein family:

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/04/06/090406crbo_books_gottlieb

3 of the Witgenstein brothers commit suicide, and 2 were geniuses. One of those two is the most celebrated philosopher of the 20th century.



There's some real trouble with all of this. I really like the problem of Determinism versus Free Will. As my professor said, however, there are more problems, better problems, to philosophy than just this one.

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