No more work

Hurray! I'm done with summer work. Yesterday was my last day at APU Facilities Management.

I'm going to miss working with Ben and Christina and Ilda and Sam and Amy and everyone else--Facilities has a great group of people--but it is such a relief to be done. I've been falling out of the summer work-mindset for the last week.

Only eight days until I leave for Oxford.

Dream Dancer, Picture

I found this really cool picture at www.kyoht.com. The work is entitled Dream Dancer and the caption reads, "With fires of imagination, he dances your dreams into motion." Props are hereby extended to the artist, Heather Kyoht Luterman.

Institute for Diversity in Philosophy

I finally decided to post a picture or two from my time at Rutgers University and the Institute for Diversity in Philosophy. Sunday, 31 July to Sunday, 07 August, fifteen undergrad students (including myself) interacted with different philosophers from Rutgers University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Boston College, University of Minnesota, Syracuse University, and University of Texas-Pan American. We interacted around presentations in philosophy of religion, philosophy of law, history of modern philosophy, ethics, African and Native American philosophy, philosophy of social science, Latin American philosophy, and philosophy of language.

My two favorite presenters were Professor Gareth "Gary" Matthews, "The Euthyphro Problem," and Professor Martha Bolton, "Berkeley and Mental Representation: Why Not a Lockean Theory of Ideas." (Martha Bolton is also a fan of Gottfried Leibniz. Hurray!)

The conference was held at the University Inn and Conference Center (everyone had their own room with cable television, microwave, and mini-fridge)--very nice!

It was so much fun meeting and talking with other students who are interested in philosophy. Meals were always an engaging time. I also got really helpful advice about graduate school.

For all you non-philosophy types out there--you don't know what you're missing. There's nothing like a rousing discussion of moral philosophy and metaphysics to get the juices flowing.

Ask anyone who was there.

Greetings!

Greetings one and all,

This is my foray into the world of blogging. We shall see how it turns out.

The creation of this site is motivated, firstly, by the desire to stay in touch with friends and family during my semester abroad (fall, 2005). I am very excited about the opportunity to study philosophy at Oxford University, England, and my plan is to post regular updates with information about my travels, experiences, and studies.

Since I am studying philosophy--much of which revolves around discourse and the exchange of ideas--I plan to use this site, secondly, to post ideas and thoughts on a variety of philosophical and theological topics. It is my hope, as people become interested in and respond to my thoughts, that this would become a forum for healthy dialogue.

What the ultimate shape of this site will be, I am not sure; but I am intrigued by the possibilities and excited about the future.

Blessings,