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About Me

Philosopher, Musician, Nature-fanatic, Well-rounded freak- all titles that I answer to with pride...

I am a guy from Colorado who is currently working towards a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Colorado. Philosophy is the only discipline that serves to unite everything- all subjects, all possibilities, and all areas of experience into one realm of discourse, and is therefore, in my humble opinion, the greatest sphere of study. I am also a musician (or at least used to be, my current abilities may make the application of this label questionable), and spend a lot of time hiking, camping, and doing other things outdoors.

In terms of views, I think that religion poses the single greatest threat that humanity has even faced, and that christianity and it's imposition on American society is going to bring about the destruction of all that we hold dear [as well as the world]. I think that "intelligent design theory" is a pathetic, sleight-of-hand trick to sneak creationalism into schools, when it is in fact nothing more than an ignorant and moronic failure to conceive of the universe/cosmos as anything larger than our solar system. I think that rigorous analysis, often of a scientific nature, ought to guide our actions and policies. I think that G.W. Bush and his cronies are the very embodiment of fascist evil and greed. I think that no political situation can justify torture (although consenting adults in a bedroom may be another matter, depending on your views...), and am outraged by the political state of affairs, especially those changes recently wrought by the republican party.

Philosophically, I strongly favor the analytic approach over the continental, and am specializing in epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, science, and logic.

A few random photos of me...