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Posted onAugust 17, 2019January 15, 2020consumerism, Epicurus, happiness, pleasure, self

The Life of Stuff and the Life of Simplicity

by Dr. Norris Frederick In the video clip [1], George Carlin asks with his inimitable humor, “That’s the whole meaning of life, isn’t it: trying to find a place to put your stuff?”  In questioning…

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Posted onMay 14, 2018August 24, 2020Aristotle, pleasure, reality, worldview

What Else Matters? Reality.

By Dr. Norris Frederick First in a series Thanks to those of you who responded to my most recent post about an assignment from my “Philosophy for Life” course, based on Nozick’s thought-experiment, “The Experience…

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Posted onMarch 7, 2018August 24, 2020happiness, pleasure, reality

The Experience Machine

By Dr. Norris Frederick This semester I’m teaching my course “Philosophy for Life:  What do Great Philosophers and Current Science Have to Say about True Happiness and a Good Life?” [i] The course raises and…

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