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Archaeological Initiatives as Candidates for Paradigm Shifts
2007-12-16 07:42:00
Largely through the advent of contemporary historicity, the concept of paradigm shifts or revolutionary change in science has received much attention as a model to understand the philosophy of science. Since the publication of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, the word paradigm has become almost common place in the English language. Not unlike other words of frequent use,
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Ben Stein Shows No Intelligence
2007-12-10 20:34:00
For those who've not had the pleasure of learning that Ben Stein has completely lost his mind, I recommend having a look at the website for his new film. I wish it was fiction. Succinctly, the film is an outcry that the hegemony of Darwinian evolutionary thought has lasted too long. Definitely worth mentioning is Stein's own blog, found on the film's website, which contains his ramblings about
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Daft Bodies - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
2007-12-10 20:06:00
Their choreography is incredibly hypnotic. Just see if you can stop watching before it's done.
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A Bouquet of Gordians
2007-12-08 05:15:00
It seems that my blog's title, which at the time I felt was entirely apt, is a little too clever. At least, it is too clever to not have been thought up by quite a few others. Here are some samples of the diversity entitled "Gordian" something or other: The Gordian Knot - an apparently Catholic blogger that hasn't updated in quite a while Untying the Gordian Knot... - a blog by a very attractive

Seeing the Illusion: Śamkara and Nāgārjuna
2007-12-08 04:39:00
Śamkara and Nāgārjuna both teach, in their own fashions, that the world is an illusion. They, however, each reach their respective positions with very different methods. A particular distinction between them involves their individual views of the world. While Nāgārjuna confronts the inchoate ideas of causation, Śamkara believes not in the illusion of the world but in a confusion or disorientation
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Rumi on Video
2007-11-30 07:13:00
This is a video day I suppose. In these, Coleman Barks and Robert Bly read some Rumi .
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Notes on the Bhagavad Gita and Liberation
2007-11-28 21:26:00
The Bhagavad Gita opens at the edge of a great battle about to commence. Two armies, poised and ready, face each other across the field. Commanding one side is the Pandava, the five sons of Pandu. The opposing forces are led by the Pandava’s cousins, the one hundred sons of Dhritarashtra. Central to the narrative of the Bhagavad Gita is Arjuna, a son of Pandu; he is the most revered warrior on
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Divine Warrior House: An introduction to the Bujinkan Hombu and a small por
2007-11-22 00:29:00
The quiet rural town called Noda-shi in the Chiba prefecture, outside of Tokyo is home to the Hombu (main) dojo of the Bujinkan. Bujinkan, meaning “Divine Warrior House ” in Japanese, is an association founded by Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, encompassing nine Japanese martial traditions. Often, it is referred to as Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. Budo is not readily summed up but may be translated as “the way of
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