Kelly Dean Jolley
I am a professor of philosophy at Auburn University and I currently hold the Goodwin-Philpott Endowed Chair in Religion. I work in the theory of judgment, philosophical psychology, metaphilosophy, the philosophy of religion, the history of twentieth century philosophy (analytical and phenomenological) and ancient philosophy. I am also interested in skepticism, aesthetics and philosophical theology. I am much indebted to the work of Anscombe, Murdoch, Weil, Wittgenstein, Frege, Kierkegaard, Kant, St. Thomas Aquinas and Plato. I am also a big fan of Plutarch, Montaigne, Samuel Johnson, Emerson and Thoreau. I am devoted to Austen’s novels.
Outside of philosophy, I am a rank amateur poet, a reader of literature, a watcher of football, a smoker of pipes, and an admirer of american pit bull terriers. But most importantly, I am the husband of a wonderful wife, Shanna, and father of two wonderful children, Eli and Sydney; and, I am a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
I’ve probably said it before, but I’ll say it again: I enjoy your posts. Thanks for sharing and please keep it up.
Thanks for reading and commenting!
Dear Sir,
I stumled upon an article of yours on Socrates ‘exquisite argument’ against Protagoras, but could only find bits and pieces of it. From what I could read, I concluded it to be very interesting for me in the writing of some things. Would it be possible to send me a copy of it?
Thanks for your cooperation,
Hans Bolten
Sure. I will see if I can send it to you tomorrow.
Since you are my old logic professor I wanted to share something I’ve been thinking about:
Only that whose non-existence is unimaginable is fundamental.
The non-existence of material is imaginable.
The non-existence of consciousness is unimaginable.
Only two aspects of reality exist: material and consciousness.
Therefore consciousness is fundamental.
**I’m not sure if this is sound. The last premise may be false. Anyway, I too write poetry, and I enjoy the poems you’ve written that I’ve read, especially the one about the poisoned trees.
Thanks, Joel. I’m not sure what I make of the argument. Could you perhaps tell me a bit more about what you have in mind?
I’m a friend of Ed Mooney writing on Marcel and Bugbee
We emailed briefly before
Ed says you working on J Wisdom
Would love to chat
David
Sure, I would be glad to. Drop me a line by email?
Kelly, you’re a national treasure. I love reading your musings and works.
Hope the new year is full of “grand schemes,” new horizons and God’s profound blessings!
Bill, thank you kindly. You are the national treasure, my friend. I count myself lucky to know you.