Stencil Graffiti.com The Ironic Success Of Experimental Philosophy : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture iStockphoto.com Later this week, hundreds of philosophers will converge near San Francisco's Union Square for the 87th annual meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association. Reporters from The San Francisco Chronicle will not be onsite to cover the invited symposia on the epistemology of modality or on the semantics and pragmatics of pejoratives. Local news stations will not record the sessions on Plato or on consciousness. The New York Times will not run a feature on the latest arguments concerning moral realism, reproduction and bioethics, war and global justice or the problem of animal pain. Let's face it: philosophy rarely makes the news. What is experimental philosophy? To illustrate, consider one of the most celebrated findings from experimental philosophy: the "side-effect effect" or Knobe effect, named after experimental philosophy icon Joshua Knobe, who first documented the phenomenon. But why would this be?
cpfl cultura A cpfl cultura coloca no ar em 2012 um novo projeto gráfico e tecnológico para a web, utilizando o que há de mais moderno para essa tecnologia (a linguagem HTML5). O site foi reformulado pensando na facilidade de navegação que começa a se tornar um hábito entre aqueles que possuem celulares e tecnologias touch-screen. Mais intuitivo, e agora com áreas específicas para o programa de tv café filosófico cpfl, a programação, a transmissão ao vivo e o acervo, a cpfl cultura investe para levar o melhor pensamento contemporâneo para a rede e distribui-lo de maneira livre. O site foi todo desenvolvido em WordPress por organizações da Casa da Cultura Digital, coordenado pela empresa Scarlett e desenvolvido pela Cardume. Agora o site separa em áreas diversas seu conteúdo. café filosófico cpfl O programa café filosófico cpfl, que vai ao ar na tv cultura, aos domingos, tem uma página especial, facilitando a busca pelos vídeos que passam na TV. programação ao vivo acervo
MIRELLA RICCIARDI African Visions is the record of a remarkable thirty-year journey. A diary of powerful images, as well as snapshots of remembered moments, of photographs of her family and of tribal visions from the African bush. The people who have shaped and coloured her life are here, spanning the decades of a continent dominated by the colonial powers, wracked by the transition to independence and now firmly in the new millennium. Fuelled by an insatiable curiosity and by a hunter's thirst for images, Mirella Ricciardi traversed the length and breadth of the continent. She has travelled on foot and in canoes, on local buses and in Landrovers, in single-engine light aircraft, in hot air balloons and on the backs of camels and elephants in search of the images and the adventures that have shaped the life and work of this unique photographer. Discover more about African Visions To order your copy or read reviews click here
Livermore's mysterious lightbulb burns 110 years Some mysteries never dim with time. One of them is hanging from an electrical wire in Livermore. At Livermore Fire Station No. 6 is a lightbulb that has not burned out in 110 years. Nobody, even in this golden age of technology, knows why. And no one wants to unscrew the bulb to find out. "It still gives that warm, comfy glow," said retired Livermore fire Division Chief Lynn Owens. The lightbulb is about 3 inches long and slightly rounder than a modern lightbulb. Its workings may be a mystery, but it's probably the most well-documented lightbulb in history. At the time, lightbulbs - at least practical ones that lasted more than 12 hours - had been around for only about 20 years. Between 1901 and 1903, the then-60-watt bulb was moved to a firehouse on Second Street, and then to a new station on First and McLeod streets. For the next 71 years, the bulb languished in anonymity. The bulb became world-famous overnight. "At first it didn't go on. "It's not possible. "We're the Fire Department.
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Sensu Artist Brush Sadhu Two sadhus near Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. A sadhu in Kathmandu, Nepal. Naga sadhu in Pashupatinath temple, Nepal Sadhu in Pashupatinath Etymology[edit] The Sanskrit terms sādhu ("good man") and sādhvī ("good woman") refer to renouncers who have chosen to live a life apart from or on the edges of society to focus on their own spiritual practice.[3] The words come from the Sanskrit root sādh, which means "reach one's goal", "make straight", or "gain power over".[4] The same root is used in the word sādhana, which means "spiritual practice". Sadhu rituals[edit] Sadhus are sanyasi, or renunciates, who have left behind all material attachments and live in caves, forests and temples all over India and Nepal. A sadhu is usually referred to as Baba by common people. There are 4 to 5 million sadhus in India today and they are widely respected for their holiness,[5] and sometimes feared for their curses. Sadhu sects[edit] Sadhus engage in a wide variety of religious practices.