America’s distinctive contribution to philosophy is called pragmatism. Like all notions that have been marinated and masticated by generations of academic philosophers, this movement has been minced to bits. At the beginning, though, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, pragmatism was a reaction by the likes of C.S. Peirce , William James and John Dewey to the idealistic philosophies of Europe. Truth is not to be found in some palace of the mind apart from the world, they argued. Read More...
A female penguin with leucism from the Gentoo species has been filmed at a base in Antarctica. White penguins are rare because leucism is caused by a recessive gene, and they may be more vulnerable to predators due to being more easily seen.
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(3.5 stars)There are a few movies every about-to-be-engaged couple should watch in between ring shopping and tux fitting. “Amour” (2012), Michael Haneke’s unsparing portrait of a husband caring for his dying wife, is one. And now comes another: “The Eternal Memory,” Maite Alberdi’s alternately tender and tough documentary portrait of a couple grappling with the slow disintegration of Alzheimer’s disease.
If you’re thinking “bummer,” think again: From its first moments, “The Eternal Memory” announces that this will be as gentle and uplifting as the first words spoken by Paulina “Pauli” Urrutia as she awakens her husband, Augusto Góngora. Read More...