by J Glass | Nov 22, 2024 | Philosophy
This Contemplation is a personal view about our ‘essence’/s. A motivation for writing this piece is a misgiving that, given life can be so mystifying, how much is helpfully reducible to prose? Apart from that question – the answer to which might render the...
by J Glass | Jun 27, 2024 | Philosophy, Science
By J. Glass Preamble Leaving aside such hoary pensées as that of Descartes’, ‘I think therefore I am’, how much of the world can we know from our own observation? How aware of how reliant are we on the work of others? How do we know – if not an astrophysicist...
by J Glass | Mar 27, 2024 | About Reflection
Little of what follows is as easy as it might seem. Reflection is a mental or cerebral state of mind. Mental attitude is in thought processes more than in a physical preparation. There should be an understanding that ‘reflection’ is an activity in itself that is to be...