Arbitrary Marks Fall Schedule
And now, for something completely different:
- Mondays: Arbitrary culture
- Wednesdays: Philosophy text of the week
- Fridays: Image of the week
- Sundays: Link roundup
Mondays I’ll try to post something related to politics, religion or gender, several topics that recur here frequently. On Wednesdays I’ll post a passage from a paper or book I’ve read, perhaps with a bit of commentary (or perhaps not). Fridays I’ll post an image from my Flickr photostream. And on Sundays I’ll roundup the links I’ve been collecting on del.icio.us during the past week.
The aim is that substantial philosophical posts will occur on Tuesdays, Thursdays, or in connection to one of those other posts. However, I won’t be aiming primarily for long posts with in-depth arguments. I’ve decided this for a few reasons:
1. I’d rather develop my arguments with my fellow classmates first. Perhaps then I’ll toss them out here, but my blog has acted as an in-between academic community and no longer needs to serve that primary function. At least for a while.
2. If anything, I’ll find myself having less time to think about the news and more about philosophical topics–having this as a (granted, still academically slanted) outlet for those other ideas will act as a “rounding out” effect.
3. To be honest, although some philosophy bloggers do spend a lot of time–or at least seem to spend substantial time–developing arguments, defending them and amending them online, I doubt that it’s the best use of my time as I begin my PhD. I’d much rather take my philosophical writing offline and develop it into a paper I can publish. Eventually, perhaps, offline and paper-development won’t be contradictory, so that I can develop online ideas. But at first, I think it’s the best strategy.
So there you have it, folks. The schedule for the fall, which I’ll start this Friday with an “image of the week.”
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