by Dr. Norris Frederick “No one would choose to live without friends, even if he had all the other good things.” – Aristotle[1] David McKnight 1966 high school yearbook Aristotle is right: who would want…
By Dr. Norris Frederick Second in a series After 28 years of attending and watching commencement exercises at Queens University of Charlotte, I’ve come to expect a certain routine of music, speeches, and the awarding…
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…
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…
By Dr. Norris Frederick I’ve been traveling down interstates 77 and 81 for about 3 hours, and the roar of trucks going 75 mph is getting to me. I’m on the way to the Virginia…
By Dr. Norris Frederick Third and final in a series on death The recent solar eclipse was almost total here in Charlotte, and a large number of people gathered on the Queens University campus to…
By Dr. Norris Frederick Second in a series My thanks to you for the many thoughtful responses, both on my website and on Facebook, about my first post on death. A couple of you wrote…
By Dr. Norris Frederick There’s been way too much death in my world in the last year: four nearby neighbors, three cousins, two close high school friends, and one Robert Pirsig, the author of Zen…
by Dr. Norris Frederick The fall semester – finally – has come to an end. And even though I don’t have a real job – like welding, for example – I’m exhausted, just as I…
by Dr. Norris Frederick One of the joys of travel to another country is the discovery of new landscapes, new customs and cultures, and new people. We find some ways in which the culture and…