K D Kragen philosophy page -- "Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions." --- G.K. Chesterton
academic papers
Informal Logic - Informal Logic - Fallacies, False Arguments, Tricky Politics
Formal Logic - Inductive (Inferential) Logic and Deductive (Syllogistic) Logic
On Metaphor - On Metaphor: A Semantic Theory of Figurative Discourse
On Referring - Referring to God and Other Dummy Referents
homosapients of special interest
Sören Kierkegaard - Introduction & The Epistemology of the Absurd
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Crime And Punishment
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Xocentricity
Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur - Xocentricity in the everyday
philosophy of art
Trumeau College Of The Arts presentations
2005: Re-thinking Aesthetic Reality & Creativity In A Postmodern Culture
2006: Why Art Matters - Caring For The Artists In Our Midst
Outline for an objective theory of art - Why Philosophy of Art Matters
Outline for a general introduction to philosophy - Why Philosophy Matters
> case study - Marukis' "Hiroshima Murals" - To my knowledge, in the visual arts, Iri and Toshi Maruki are one of the few husband & wife artist-teams: maruki gallery website
> case study - Picasso's "Guernica" - "Basically a picture doesn't change...the first 'vision' remains almost intact." -Picasso, 1935. "I paint this way because it's a result of my thought. I have worked for years to obtain this result" --Picasso to an American serviceman in 1944 (quotations from "Picasso's Guernica," Ellen C. Oppler, ed., New York, 1988 p. 76.). Websites focusing on "Guernica": on hyperhistory.com | on pbs.org
Claudia McKinstry Demonstration on Egg Tempera Painting
Informal Logic - Informal Logic - Fallacies, False Arguments, Tricky Politics
Formal Logic - Inductive (Inferential) Logic and Deductive (Syllogistic) Logic
On Metaphor - On Metaphor: A Semantic Theory of Figurative Discourse
On Referring - Referring to God and Other Dummy Referents
homosapients of special interest
Sören Kierkegaard - Introduction & The Epistemology of the Absurd
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Crime And Punishment
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Xocentricity
Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur - Xocentricity in the everyday
philosophy of art
Trumeau College Of The Arts presentations
2005: Re-thinking Aesthetic Reality & Creativity In A Postmodern Culture
2006: Why Art Matters - Caring For The Artists In Our Midst
Outline for an objective theory of art - Why Philosophy of Art Matters
Outline for a general introduction to philosophy - Why Philosophy Matters
> case study - Marukis' "Hiroshima Murals" - To my knowledge, in the visual arts, Iri and Toshi Maruki are one of the few husband & wife artist-teams: maruki gallery website
> case study - Picasso's "Guernica" - "Basically a picture doesn't change...the first 'vision' remains almost intact." -Picasso, 1935. "I paint this way because it's a result of my thought. I have worked for years to obtain this result" --Picasso to an American serviceman in 1944 (quotations from "Picasso's Guernica," Ellen C. Oppler, ed., New York, 1988 p. 76.). Websites focusing on "Guernica": on hyperhistory.com | on pbs.org
Claudia McKinstry Demonstration on Egg Tempera Painting