Author: Tim Schwab

a novice

Musicks: () by Sigur Rós

I’m not quite sure how to structure these posts yet. I am definitely no music critic, I just know that I like some tunes and that I want to share those tunes with others. But whenever I do share music with others, I just throw it at them and tell them to listen. Sometimes I say things like, “This is good.” or “This song rends my heart.” But I have never taken a serious look at songs, albums, or artists and expressed that. And I don’t think I will. But if I don’t, I could easily post stuff every day, and that would completely overshadow my other posts. Gah! See my predicament? I guess you will just have to bear with me. Anyway, on to the tunes. Continue reading “Musicks: () by Sigur Rós” →

The Epistemic Trilemma

This is something I struggled with for a long time, and epistemologists I believe are still very divided on the subject.

Let’s say you have a statement that you believe is true. How about “God is real. ” Now, in order to say that it is true you must show why you believe it is true. So, you list out all these arguments. But then you must prove that those statements are true. And then you must justify your proof of your arguments. And so on, ad infinitum. So, there are now three options left to you to find certain knowledge.

Continue reading “The Epistemic Trilemma” →

Beginning

Yay first post. I wonder if anyone will ever see this besides me. This post that is. However I also wonder if anyone will ever see this blog. Maybe. Anyways, I tried Google’s Blogger and Blog.com, and I think I like this one best so far. Blog.com was decent, but I really didn’t like the feel of it or the look. Also, WordPress is already so well known, so why not? Anyways, this was just to test out the posting, and that is now accomplished. See ya.