tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10683382.post6018599883819304805..comments2023-10-20T03:16:42.445-05:00Comments on keipopnation: Todaykeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10395109777604139705noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10683382.post-19550385225889836462010-11-22T22:43:41.963-06:002010-11-22T22:43:41.963-06:00Yes, I believe there is, in the house of his birth...Yes, I believe there is, in the house of his birth (it's aptly called Beethoven Haus).<br /><br />I like Europe very much, so I've been flogging the academic possibilities over there, with some small payoffs. It gets more complicated when chillens are involved, of course.<br /><br />Cool re your program of study. It's weird; I more or less do applied ethics for a living, but I'm no philosopher. I'm actually in perspective more an historian than anything else, but I have more formal training in applied ethics than in history. The travails of actually trying to be a junior interdisciplinarian . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10683382.post-37702635429311909702010-11-09T16:09:35.857-06:002010-11-09T16:09:35.857-06:00Ooh, Bonn. Is there some kind of institution or ho...Ooh, Bonn. Is there some kind of institution or house you can visit? Mordecai and I considered a trip to Vienna for our honeymoon, but went to Detroit instead (!). I must get to west of Paris at some point in my life, but I wonder when that will be! Maybe for some academic conference?<br /><br />I'm getting my doctorate in philosophy. I have background in aesthetics, and I'm still interested in that but I'm also more interested in moral/social/political philosophy now. I'm trying to figure out a topic for a dissertation...it seems that all I can say for now is that I'm interested in the moral/social/political & aesthetic ramifications of imagining yourself to be another person (and also thereby figuring out or knowing who you are). What this amounts to, how coherent this will be to anyone, and so on, is all up in the air, which is a little scary, but mostly liberating and nice. For now, at least!keihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395109777604139705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10683382.post-55570724993187417592010-10-30T21:13:09.400-05:002010-10-30T21:13:09.400-05:00Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 is the greatest pie...Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 is the greatest piece of music ever created in the Western world.<br /><br />Ok, so that's a bold statement, but that's how I feel. It means so much to me; every time I listen to it, which is often, whatever emotions I am feeling most come bubbling up, almost uncontrollable.<br /><br />I am headed to Bonn for a workshop in January, and I am excited to pay my respects to the man.<br /><br />P.S. I'm still trying to figure out what the heck you are studying/teaching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com