http://blog.bradleyrichert.com a work in progress Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:18:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You can't get very far in a Philosophy degree without butting heads with Nietzsche: the unfortunate playboy for all things anti-Christian, anti-conformist, or anti-anything. You don't believe in anything? Must be Nietzsche's fault. Pissed off at your parents? You can probably quote Nietzsche. Mad at God? Well, you get the ... http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2007/10/29/no-23-friedrich-wilhelm-nietzsche/ Later known as Peter Waldo, Pierre de Vaudes (or Valdes) began a movement that some, including myself, consider the practice run for the Protestant Reformation - three and a half centuries earlier. Tradition has it that de Vaudes made his monetary fortune through usury; historically, we know that he was ... http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2007/06/27/no-24-pierre-de-vaudes/ I am in good company when I say that I don't even pretend to understand a fraction of Hegel's works; philosopher Bertrand Russell exclaims in the "History of Western Philosophy" that Hegel is the most difficult philosopher to comprehend. Yet Hegel's emphasis (or obsession?) on historical scholarship and his ... http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2007/06/20/no-25-georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/ So why did I pick the number 26 to start my list of the most influential thinkers in my life? Why not 25? Well, because I considered this 26th person as sort of a bonus, mainly because this man has had so much influence in the development as a critical ... http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2007/06/13/no-26-arius-of-alexandria/ Several years ago I watched a special on, I believe, A & E, documenting who they believed to be the 100 most influential people of the millennium. Lists like those are always controversial - are Spielberg (#91) and Jane Austen (#63) really worthy to be one of the top 100? ... http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2007/06/12/251-most-influential-thinkers-introduction/ 1. An infallible, inerrant, inspired Holy Book contains no fallacies or errors.2. The aforementioned Book states that 'penguins do not exist'.3. Penguins exist.4. (3) conflicts with (2). 5. If (3) is true, (1) is false. 6. If (1) is true, (3) is a trick of the devil. P.S. This post has ... http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2007/03/09/the-penguin-problem/ Last summer, the Wall Street Journal published an article about a soon to be released magazine. I did not read it. I wish I would have. That September, GOOD Magazine hit the stores on the eve of the US midterm elections. I did not see it in any of my ... http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2007/03/03/its-good/ There is a lot of hoopla out there concerning the use of "Web 2.0" as a "buzzword". There is also a lot of dialogue within the philosophic community in regards to the effect that the relations created by community is having on today's society. Obvious examples comes to mind: Myspace, ... http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2007/02/19/we-need-to-rethink/ Judging by the last two blog titles, you're probably thinking that I have some sort of theme going on. Although it was not intentional, it was probably my last post (religion and post-postmodernism) that automatically had me responding to this article in this way. If you do not want to ... http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2007/01/19/harvard-stuck-in-modernity/ I have been in recent contact with an old friend of mine from my Bible college days, which has spurred the start of what could be a great discussion (he is currently out the the country and so we are limited to email). While responding to some questions he had, ... http://blog.bradleyrichert.com/2007/01/16/religion-and-post-postmodernism/