Critical Theory and Oppression
Well, round 2 of my discussion/debate with my son over an authoritarian root in Critical Theory went out yesterday. I managed to whittle it down
Well, round 2 of my discussion/debate with my son over an authoritarian root in Critical Theory went out yesterday. I managed to whittle it down
There is a recurring phrase running through the Bible that forms a theme. The basic premise is that creation was originally made for God to
Awhile back our Pastor was talking about holding on to a particular sin. It was likened it to the Lord of the Rings’ Smeagol, reduced
Let’s see. So my interests for the last few days are: Continuing to document the roots and basic philosophy of Critical Justice Theories, particularly Critical
Ok, so not much posting over the last weekend, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t things I’m knocking around in my head. Last week I
Had an interesting turn of conversation yesterday. One of the senior attorneys came in, and since he is conservative too (in an office space that
Experience and Inference Hume sees two classes of perception: thoughts and impressions. Impressions are the stronger perceptions we get firsthand as we experience the world. Thoughts
Reading David Hume’s Enquiry into Human Understanding. His first chapter of the Enquiry is of the Origin of Ideas. He separates thoughts into two categories-
Yesterday at church, our pastor said- want to be filled with the Holy Spirit? Learn to praise the Lord. This is something I have to
I have been reading a lot of philosophy in the Harvard Classics series. I used to assume that if I didn’t understand some densely written
“I have more intellectual pursuits, and less intellect with which to pursue them.“
This website was formerly “the TL;DR place” on tumblr. But I occasionally posted things that I wanted others to see, and they were unable to access the content without tumblr accounts. I called the blog the TL;DR place because the writing I do here is essentially a place for me to process through my thoughts. Most of my friend group isn’t all that interested in the same things, so I write rather than talk through it.
The domain name is a play on my name: David Laurance. David is of Hebrew origin and means something like “beloved”, and my middle name “Laurance” is derived from the name of a great aunt “Laura” back somewhere in the ancestry. The male equivalent is Lawrence, or Larry…. so… “beloved Larry” > everyone loves Larry.