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The Shiba Inu Shibas are a spitz dog, which, if you remember from the original Dog Ratings post, is my projected winner for the All-Dog All-Stars Contest, but that doesn't mean that this spitz will take the trophy home. Let's take a look: First, it must be noted that shibas...
Salticidae Philosophiae is a series of abstracts, commentaries, and reviews on philosophical articles and books. Eugene Thacker suggests that we look to the genre of horror as offering a way of thinking about the unthinkable world. To confront this idea is to confront the limit of our ability to understand...
Salticidae Philosophiae is a series of abstracts, commentaries, and reviews on philosophical articles and books. Somewhere out there is a universe where my first post here was How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, and ours is flawed by comparison. Still, I've gotten to it at last, and here...
Like other sighthounds, Irish wolfhounds are thin, wiry, and not a little bit tall. Indeed, wolfhounds are the tallest of the Tall Dogs. In personality, I have no complaints: they are intelligent, respond well to training, and get along with people so well that they often make terrible guard dogs....
Because they’re not all good dogs, Brent. Obviously, not everyone wants the same thing from dogs, but that’s not necessarily the same as saying that any dog is as good as the next, or even that any dog rating system must be subjective. If we’re going to entertain the idea...
Salticidae Philosophiae is a series of abstracts, commentaries, and reviews on philosophical articles and books. Harry Frankfurt asks, “What is bullshit, anyway?” Also, “What is truth?” but we all know that book proposal wouldn’t have flown except as a companion to the first one. Highlights * Something can be true,...
Salticidae Philosophiae is a series of abstracts, commentaries, and reviews on philosophical articles and books. Lynne Rudder Baker asks under what circumstances (if any) external objects can be considered part of us in the same manner as an arm or brain. You can find the paper here, on JSTOR. Highlights...