I read a recent article that begins, “Pick up an August 2025 issue of Vogue and you’ll come across an advertisement for the brand Guess featuring a stunning model. Yet tucked away in small print is a startling admission: She isn’t real. She was generated entirely by AI.” Continue reading AI-Generated Art, Should We Prefer It?
Philip D. Appleman (1926 – 2020) was an American poet and Professor Emeritus at Indiana University. I first became acquainted with him in graduate school when I read his edited collection, Darwin (Norton Critical Editions). I have discussed his book on the meaning of life, and posted a few of his poems in four recent posts. After his death, he was survived by Majorie, his wife of almost 67 years, but she died shortly after he did. Below is an interview he did with Bill Moyers. Continue reading In Memoriam: Philip Appleman
Pursuant to previous posts that discussed Philip Appleman’s work, I present a few of his short poems. (I love how they rhyme.) The first one about the death of his mother is particularly moving. Continue reading Poems by Philip Appleman
“Properly understood, morality is not a burden; it is an effective means for increasing the benefits of cooperation, especially emotional well-being resulting from sustained cooperation with family, friends, and community.” Continue reading A Universal Principle Within Morality’s Ultimate Source
[This post is a continuation from the past two posts with an outline of the book’s argument and my commentary at the end.] Continue reading Summary of Phillip Appleman’s: The Labyrinth: God, Darwin, and the Meaning of Life
