This paper concerns existential expressions (EE), especially the verb "be" and its equivalents in different languages of the world. EE are expressions that can refer to being or to existence. I sketch the lexicology, semantics, syntax (with Ajdukiewicz's tools), and pragmatics of EE and I...
At the 2019 general election, the Labour, Tory and Lib Dem manifestos hadallpledged a consolidation of the existing, fragmented enforcement architecture into such a single enforcement body – you wait 18 years for a manifesto pledge to implement your great policy idea, and then three come along ...
And I’ll check back in a dozen months. Winter is upon us, With Christmas so symbolic, Mountains of snow make it so, That children want to frolic, Me, I know, when my nose I blow, It looks like Jackson Pollock! We give each other all the space A relationship needs to bloom She’...
“Well,” I say “that question is just bad. Asking an existential what’s-the-point-question is like asking why isn’t round, green. Separate things entirely.” “Well,” she persists, “I don’t see why we try so hard to accomplish all these things that will be completely forgotten...
For the record, I never said subjective experiential states do not exist. People misrepresent me on that. What I am saying is that it will never be possible to scientifically map what the state that a word such as, for instance, “green”, translates to feels like by the brain of a ...
When people are empowered to see obstacles or setbacks as opportunities to move forward and grow, there is always change involved. The very word "change" can
The existential moments of human life are all on the table in the sacred neighborhood of Rogers-land. Take your shoes off with him — you’re instantly on Holy Ground. On one occasion, Mister Rogers is talking with a little boy whose story is one of unspeakable pain and suffering. The ...
I still have that but my more constant anxiety has even turned that heart stopping, face clawing, screaming existential terror into a mundane nightly chore, like brushing my teeth (just kidding, I don’t brush my teeth nightly, I’m not the Queen). I climb to bed (it feels like a ...
In any case, I learned that Tarot cards represent a divinatory tool usually understood as helping “querents” (seekers) answer existential questions connected with work, relationships, anxieties, and what the future might hold. As expressed by Tarot master Joe Monteleone, those consulting the card...
even facile. Rembrandt’s heavily implied self-confidence and promoting of his painting skills are clearly on display. But this is certainly not a painting that celebrates selfhood or reveals the more modernistic sense of existentiality that questions the times one lives in. The painting is certa...