Quotes,+Notes+&+More

Various philosophical issues
= **Linfield's short philosophy video** = =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Dcvmhc_l8=

**Philosophy in the US today is mostly taught and written by white males, many of who seem to have an investment in a Eurocentric perspective. Most philosophy textbooks reflect this bias. ** ==Eric Schwitzgebel, Prof. of Philosophy, UC Riverside, writes: "Despite aspiring to be a broad, topically-driven inquiry into fundamental questions about truth, knowledge, beauty, and morality, perhaps philosophy as currently practiced in the U.S. is experienced by students as something closer to the study of a piece of ethnically European cultural history." == = = =A statement on metaphysics by a hugely impactful scientist:=

“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries.” --Nicola Tesla
= = =ETHICS ISSUES=

Ethical views of fracking from Native American earthkeeping philosophy:
http://www.nextworldtv.com/videos/anti-fracking/the-unfractured-.html

=**Is Neuroscience the Answer to Philosophical Issues?**=

//Compare Descartes, Locke, Hume, others.//
===__The Stone__: For anyone interested in ongoing developments in philosophy that have an effect on society, there is The Stone: the New York Times' regular feature. Check it out at the link below. An rss feed is also available to keep you posted on what it publishes.===

__Galileo and the Church on YouTube (about 16 minutes total)__
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Comparisons of East and West:
Four extremely informative and readable books about Eastern philosophy: Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teachings Gary Zukav, The Dancing Wu Li Masters