linguistics

The Roots of Radicalism, the Structure of Evil, and the Slaughter of Innocents

Edward Curtin My title is redundant for a reason, since the root of the word radical is the Latin word, radix, meaning root.  For I mean to show how the use and misuse of language, its history or etymology, and ours as etymological animals as the Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gassett called us, is crucial …

Orality and Literacy: Classifications in Preliterate Societies

Interesting findings in Walter J. Ong’s classic work Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word, 30th anniv. ed. (Routledge, 2012), pp. 50–51: (1) Illiterate (oral) subjects identified geometrical figures by assigning them the names of objects, never abstractly as circles, squares, etc. A circle would be called a plate, sieve, bucket, watch, or moon; […]

Debate! Pagan vs. Orthodox: Logos, Language & Metaphysics – Jay Dyer Vs CB Robertson

 I spent 3 hours reworking the audio so pretend along with the vaporware its 1987 and you are listening to an old cassette tape – nothing I can do about it, wasn’t recorded by me. I am reposting it because it’s still a good debate, and so far one of the better debates we’ve […]
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JaysAnalysis: Dr. Matthew Raphael Johnson – Metaphysics of Postmodern Imperialism (Half)

This is the first half of a full talk which can be obtained by subscribing to JaysAnalysis at the PayPal link for 4.95 per month or 60.00 per year. Dr. Matthew Raphael Johnson joins me to cover material you won’t hear touched anywhere else. A scholar of philosophy as well as a priest, Hegel and Russian thought, Dr.