Monthly Archives: November 2021

Hanukah & Happiness & William James

Posted on November 30, 2021 by zjb

If, then, we give the name of healthy-mindedness to the tendency which looks on all things and sees that they are good, we find that we must distinguish between a more involuntary and a more voluntary or systematic way of … Continue reading →

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I See Dead Professors On Zoom (Yevamot 96b-97a)

Posted on November 22, 2021 by zjb

Ripe for parody, this article at Slate about an online lecture-course hosted at Concordia by a professor of art history who had passed away sometime before says a lot about the neo-liberal university and the degradation of higher education, about … Continue reading →

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Space and Martian Synagogues (Larry Yudelson)

Posted on November 21, 2021 by zjb

To fantastic effect, Larry Yudelson put a bunch of images together at NeuralBlender, an AI site. From what I understand, you enter the prompt and the machine folds, in this case, a synagogue-look into 1970s sci fi cover art. For more … Continue reading →

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(William James) Religion Is….

Posted on November 3, 2021 by zjb

I’ve been struggling with the caricature according to which the definition of religion suggested by James is “Protestant.” This is to claim that for James, religion is a private matter, The problem is this. On the one hand, the caricature … Continue reading →

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