Monthly Archives: February 2012

It’s reading week, which means I’ve spent some much needed time relaxing. I also finished my final draft of my commentary for the University of Waterloo Philosophy Graduate Conference next week, on a paper with an interesting look at social epistemology and contemporary argumentation theory. Next week I’ll be attending talks by Helen Longino, a prominent philosopher of science, delivering the commentary, and attending as many other talks as I can. I also made a trip down to Windsor this weekend, which is the reason for the late night post. That was the real event of my week.  (more…)

My TA chickens came home to roost this week, and I found my third advisor. 15 hours a day in the office makes Jim a bit of a dull boy, but despite that it’s been a pretty eventful week. The biggest news is that I was at the Project Macfrica Night last night, which was a great time, and that I got accepted to attend TEDxWaterloo. Last year’s TEDx taught me a lot about myself, the kinds of things I want to do, and how I need to change the way I think in order to do them. I’m not sure what will happen at this year’s, but I’m looking forward to it.  (more…)

It’s been a week of ups and downs, but things are mostly looking up.  (more…)