L. J. Rediehs

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Peace Studies Emerita at St. Lawrence University.

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Why do so many bad ideas gain determinative force in the world when there are so many good ideas: ones that if they were applied instead, would really help? How do we get the good ideas to engage, instead of the bad ones?

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Is the claim that we might be living in a simulation a new expression of a spiritual yearning? Is it just a new way of saying that this life might be only one mode of existence in the eternal life of the soul?

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If everything is an illusion, is the claim that “everything is an illusion” itself an illusion?

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Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it's not there. Education is in large part about transforming you into the kind of person who can perceive reality more intricately and fully.

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What’s easy to think is not always what is true or wise.

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Wars have become unwinnable. We need to study nonviolent ways to halt aggression and resolve conflicts. https://t.co/lVljka83Gs

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If you imagine God to be a being so objectionable that you have to reject that such a being exists, it is probably not God you have imagined. Can you imagine a concept of God you *cannot* reject?

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Happy World Philosophy Day!

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@MissSYacoby @remarkablepaper Did your new one arrive yet? Does it work? Mine did initially, but now I’m having the same problem again, alas!

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@MissSYacoby @remarkablepaper I hope yours arrives soon and works perfectly!

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If we can’t even live on our home planet, which supports life extremely well, without destroying its habitability, how can we possibly think we can take up residence on a planet not at all suitable for human life, and conclude we will do just fine?

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@RoamBrain @RoamResearch I am able more powerfully and intuitively to link insights gained from my teaching with my research and writing, by planning each day of teaching in Roam. My course planning is thus preserved and at the same time is linked to research themes.

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@cwdaniels Took a sabbath day once a week: the rule was relief this one day from whatever stressed me out. Seek joy. Yes, it meant not getting everything done, but I wasn’t getting everything done anyway, hence the burnout. So why not draw the line differently?

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Happy World Philosophy Day!

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Online event next week, sponsored by the Friends Association for Higher Education: https://t.co/YXiXRAwAAI

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Happy World Quaker Day!

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Happy International Day of Peace!

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“It is hard work to be excellent” (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics).