#philosophy

#philosophy

Raccoons and the Meaning of LifeClick to the right on the image above to read about raccoon philosophy.Existential Comics is a "philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world." It's also pretty funny. When you think of a species of animal that would ponder the greater meaning of life, besides people that is, a raccoon would be pretty far down the list. They live for any easy meal and nothing else. Yeah, they occasionally get around to making raccoon babies, but their goal in life is to eat as much trash as possible. See more of the search for the meaning of life at Instagram. -via Infidel753#raccoon #philosophy

Understanding Semiotics with Pumpkin SpiceI have been unable to trace the origin of this particular image, but I think that I have been able to trace the origin of the meme that it demonstrates.Semiotics, the Encyclopedia Britannica explains, is “the study of signs and sign-using behavior.” You can think of it as a field of philosophy and, I think, linguistics. Semiotics is concerned with the relationship between signs for reality and reality itself, which is certainly what language is used for.Jean Baudrillard, a Twentieth Century French philosopher, was a leading figure in semiotics. An apparently famous 2014 blog post by Eugene Wolters explains Baudrillard’s basic approach to semiotics with the analogy of the pumpkin spice phenomenon. He argues (if I understand him correctly) that symbols progress through four stages, from reality to its absence—or from pumpkins to a flavoring that has no connection to pumpkins, despite its name.-via Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado#philosophy