Charles GrayPlatoboy and the Solipsist Search for the Form of HippopotamusnessDramatis Personae Platoboy: an enthusiastic believer in Enlightenment values.Oct 12Oct 12
Charles GrayinThe Academy of YouWhat Is an Example of Objective Knowledge?There are puzzles present here. I believe the questioner is asking for a specific claim that is objectively true, such as something like…Sep 7Sep 7
Charles GrayinThe Ocean, the River, and the TarnClassic American Fiction: A Staggering Work of Heartbreaking Genius (Thanks, Dave)American writers have all been caught somewhere in Jay Gatsby’s dream. Once they saw something fine and beautiful that they could pour…Aug 26Aug 26
Charles GrayinThe Ocean, the River, and the TarnDoes “The Great Gatsby” Have a Reliable Narrator?The author of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, is in some sense the narrator of the novel in that he created the story for the…Jul 14Jul 14
Charles GrayinThe Academy of YouA New Way to See Plato’s FormsA Platonic Form is something like a template for some particular object or idea, such as a chair. The somewhat mysterious aspect of a Form…Jul 3Jul 3
Charles GrayinThe Academy of YouPoetry’s Tightest Ball of IronyHere is an entire short poem by English Romantic Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley:Jun 25Jun 25
Charles GrayinThe Academy of YouPlato and Einstein Probably Do Not Play Dice in HeavenEinstein apparently was not comfortable with some important aspects of quantum mechanics, and among these were what looked like the…Jun 20Jun 20
Charles GrayinThe View from the Lake“Democracy” and “Republic” are not Mutually Exclusive Forms of GovernmentPhoto by Element5 Digital on UnsplashJun 18Jun 18
Charles GrayinThe Academy of You“Is All that We See or Seem but a Dream within a Dream?”PPlato writes that art is the totality of graphic imitations of the empirical world by humans. Additionally, literature is the discursive…Jun 14Jun 14
Charles GrayinThe Confabulations of Platoboy and The SolipsistPlatoboy and the Solipsist Contemplate the Novels of Henry JamesDramatis Personae Platoboy: an enthusiastic believer in Enlightenment values. Solipsist: a sardonic, captious, humorous nihilist.Jun 14Jun 14
