Author: Huenemann

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Young philosophers Andrew Royer and Cody Howell will be performing some songs by David Bazan next Wednesday, December 2nd, in Main 115 at 7 pm.

Royer writes, “We think this would be interesting because of the changing opinion on faith that is evidenced in his albums.His 1997 debut includes songs that could be sung in a church without much of a stretch. His recently released album is a narrative of his loss of faith. The seven albums in between show a steady change.”

I think this should also be of interest to students in Religious Studies. All are welcome! Rock on!

Check out this illusion. Watch the spinning disk fall straight down; then shift your gaze to the blue circle, and “watch” the falling disc with your peripheral vision. It will no longer appear to fall straight down. Then, when you turn your eyes to the spinning disc again, its motion seems to abruptly change. This might model the phenomenon that curveballs in baseball “break” suddenly; they perhaps both result from the viewer/batter suddenly shifting his/her gaze from one fixed point to another spinning, dropping object.

Here is a very interesting, thoughtful bit of fiction about a hardened atheist who nevertheless finds within himself a profound need to reach out to something divine. It is the first chapter of a book by the same title, by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein.

The last Intermountain Philosophy Conference was a welcomed opportunity to get better acquainted with students and colleagues from our region. Some of us are thinking we can keep the momentum, or maybe even increase it, with a common blog for us all to participate in. So we’ve created “Philosophy in Utah“. Expect to see announcement of regional goings-on, along with (I hope) further discussion of philosophical ideas across the spectrum.