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I’ve completed all but defence of my thesis for a masters in philosophy. My disciplinary interest is in the acquisition and maintenance of our beliefs. But I also have a background in the study of rhetoric, linguistics, and philosophy of language. Political rhetoric particularly interests me.

• Social Epistemology, 5 Short Examples (suitable for a class)

  By pammentations on April 29, 2019 • ( 1 )

  You can’t fact check every little thing and still have friends. Can you imagine what a jerk I’d be if I insisted on fact checking everything everyone says to me? Tammy: I went to the mall this morning. Pam: Did… Read More ›

• NUANCE: Beyond a world of black and white. Some time required.

  By pammentations on April 27, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Nuance takes more time than most of us have. Or allow ourselves.

• On aging.

  By pammentations on April 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Like this knocker, my hands have given so many years of service. They’ve been tireless and strong, standing up to water, heat, and cold. And, like this knocker, they’ve been taken by the hands of others.

• Community and Alienation, 4 Vignettes

  By pammentations on April 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  A Community of Sufferers* I’m having a meal with my husband at a pub in Bristol, delighting in the warm and jovial conversation of the three older men having a pint at the neighbouring table. By their camaraderie, I  assume they’ve… Read More ›

• Five Human Commonalities. Intro by Thomas Hobbes.

  By pammentations on April 22, 2019 • ( 3 )

  Intro. We are equally vulnerable. Nature hath made men so equal in the faculties of body and mind, as that, thought there be found one man sometimes manifestly stronger in body or of quicker mind than another, yet when all… Read More ›

• Street Waif. Painting and photo by Pam

  By pammentations on April 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

• QB VII by Leon Uris

  By pammentations on September 5, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  There are so many quotes that I’ve tried, to no avail, to dog-ear in my mind. In lieu of memory, I succumb to folding pages. See a review of QB VII at  Good Reads