Inconstant Context

Philosophy comes in many forms.  This week, spend a little time in the funny pages.  Please consider these two comics from Nietzsche Family Circus, a site that randomly pairs Family Circus cartoons and Friedrich Nietzsche quotes: On Truth and On Judgments.  For each, consider the implications of the scene depicted, the meanings of the quotation, and the ways each is changed by their pairing.  Compose a knowledge question derived from each.  Please post your thoughts by Saturday at noon local time.

Billions and Billions of Links

Science and religion are often seen as at odds with one another, even as mutual threats.  Not so, says Carl Sagan. This week, please read the article, found on the amazing Brain Pickings (newly added to the links at right), and consider the overlapping ways of knowing implied by Sagan's proposed symbiosis.  As you read, follow at least two of the embedded links and read what you find there.  For your post, please share your thoughts on what you've read: what new ideas did you encounter?  With what questions are you left?  With what do you disagree and why?  How might your responses be shaped by your perspective and in what significant ways is it different from Sagan's?  Let the cherry on your post be a knowledge question encompassing two ways of knowing.  Your post is due by noon (in your local time zone) on Saturday, June 22.  Welcome to summer.