A little about me: I was born and raised in Ogden, Utah and received my BA in physics and philosophy at Utah State University. I later went to Texas A&M and received my MA in philosophy. Anything else? Just ask. I’m always happy to discuss.
My research interests: My research interests are a minority in philosophy: I research the philosophy of sexuality and love. Since it’s such a broad topic, I have to incorporate and learn anything I can get my hands on: marriage, gender issues, gay rights, homosexuality, pornography, the psychology of love, feminism, friendship, relationships in general, sexism and anything else pertaining to love issues. I also am interested in phenomenology and existentialism. However, I always have Schopenhauer as my fallback.
I have lately taken an interest in the philosophical applications of culture, particularly in the field of religious beliefs among societies.
However, considering that this is not a big following in academia, my fall back interest is continental philosophy particularly in the 20th century.
UPDATE: 09/06/2010: I am a Ph. D student at Marquette University. The primary purpose of this blog is to get my ideas out there, and then have other people scrutinize, critique, build upon, and systematize beliefs. This blog will sometimes pertain to what I’m learning in my classes, but it will occasionally deal with non-classroom issues that I’m thinking about as well.
I must first congratulate you on your name. I think it is almost as good as mine…but not quite.
And as you are a namesake, I wholeheartedly agree with all your views
Shawn.. It is awesome to see you are still contributing to your blog. Your class was awesome last semester. Deffinatly one of my favorites. If not my favorite so far of my collegiate experience. My email is punkusnickus@gmail.com if you would like to stay in touch. Til then I will be reading and commenting on your blog..
Also shows up on my other work computer, which has a State of Utah filter and tracking system. I probably shouldn’t have checked at work. haha
I happened to stumble upon your site while doing some research on Albert Camus’ book “The Rebel” and I just wanted to say that I find your site very interesting.
Hi Racheal,
It’s nice to hear. I’m hoping to get back to the blogging world, but school has been keeping me busy. Sometime though…
Same here, school keeps me so busy I hardly have time to do much else. I tried to finish my own blog/photography site, but I just can’t find the time to get to it.