Michael Maier, Atalanta Fugiens (1618)
In alchemical lore, the philosophical egg represents a domain in which diverse materials undergo a fusion into something new, the philosopher’s stone, which can help one become wise. Heraclitus said: “Lovers of wisdom should be enquirers into many things”. My weekly blog, full of long and short posts, is committed to this diversity and offers a domain in which various ideas come together in illuminating and often puzzling ways: they are like philosophical eggs. Cracking and digesting them should bring you some surprises and, hopefully, some nourishing wisdom.
My name is Dwight Goodyear and I am a philosopher who loves to teach. I am associate professor of philosophy at SUNY Westchester Community College in New York (although this site should not be taken to express the opinions of WCC). I teach a variety of courses every year including logic, ethics, ancient/medieval phil., modern phil., phil. of art, and phil. of love. I received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2008, the NISOD Excellence Award for Teaching in 2009, and the WCC Foundation Award for Scholarship in 2016. I received my Masters and Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in NYC. My main areas of interest are aesthetics, American pragmatism, existentialism, and metaphysics. I am also a musician who composes, performs, and records experimental works for piano and guitar that I refer to as musical gates or compositions that feature a strong sense of passing into a transcendental realm. These gates tend to take two forms: experimental world music, that is piano based and includes various Japanese and Chinese instruments and influences, and musical science fiction, which is electric guitar based and includes synthesized sounds and effects. I have six recordings available on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, and youtube. My website is accessible at the top of this page.
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