Subscribe“Great tits huh? Yes, but what does it mean?”
Last year I watched Zombie Strippers with a few friends and was amused by its extravagant combination of nudity, gore and philosophy. Some might consider this a pretentious B-movie, but that assumes that the philosophical content of this flick are mere sound bites and not a coherent [...]
The Horizon of Reason
Exploring the boundaries of logic and perception
Tag: meaning of life
Zombie Strippers
The rat race
After several months of essay writing I finally have some time to reflect. I do enjoy studying the MBA, but sometimes it does makes me wonder why I do this. When I studied philosophy I decided to put my career on hold. Now that I am finishing this MBA I feel like I need to [...]
Torchwood
The first episode of Torchwood has finally aired on Australia television! This contemporary Doctor Who spin-off is more than just another way to cash in on the popular science fiction series. Torchwood is more violent and daring than the series that spawned it, but underneath the sex and violence the stories deal with philosophical issues, [...]
Red Dwarf and the Meaning of Life
I have been watching episodes of the science fiction series Red Dwarf over the past few weeks. Most episodes are delightfully silly, filled with absurd plots and cheap laughs. The second episode of the fifth season is very different, as it deals with the ultimate question: the meaning if life. Kryten tells the tale of [...]
The Wonder of Religion
Dutch Magician Tommy Wonder provides an interesting insight in Volume I of The Books of Wonder (1996). He gives advice to magicians on what to do when a spectator discovers – or beliefs to discover – the secret to a magic routine:
I’ve frequently wondered why people sometimes come up with painfully silly solutions and don’t [...]
The limits of Dawkinism
I have been reading Richard Dawkins‘ book, The God Delusion. Although I largely agree with his atheist point of view, I think he stretches his argument a bit too far as he does not seem to acknowledge that there is a limit to what we can achieve with reason, a horizon across which rational [...]
Living without free will
A thought experiment was put to me recently:
Assume you have been charged with a crime. In court you are able to conclusively prove that free will does not exist and therefore you can not be held responsible for this act.
I was asked to reflect on this philosophically. Although this seems more to be a legal [...]
Death
During our lifetime we have to deal with crises. Some might loose a leg, but that doesn’t stop them from having a meaningful life. Some can go bankrupt, but most bounce back. A natural disaster wipes somebody’s house away and they build a new one. The one problem, however, that we can not fix is [...]
Religion and the meaning of life
The next essay I am writing for the Meaning of Life course deals with the question whether religion can provide a grounding of values which make life meaningful. Here are some preliminary thoughts:
When searching for the meaning of life, this meaning needs to be grounded to something, it needs a vehicle. A vehicle for meaning [...]
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