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". . . I might as well stop putting life off for later. Because that's what I've been meaning to do, that's what I've been meaning to be." Therein lies his title, "meaning to get to it." This is profoundly important, I think. Read More
Great
Great post! This will be brief since should be working on an essay at the moment... heehee
I'm very much looking forward to your next post. I did my undergrad at U of T and know people who have taken courses with Kingwell, so I'm happy to read some of his work here.
Oh, and I too will be at Congress! Presenting a paper with FSAC though. Hope it goes well for you! I'd be curious to read a post about that panel.
The Congress
Hi Tina,
The session is on Saturday the 23rd at 1:15 p.m. in 617 Southam Hall. Perhaps I'll see you there. Hope you enjoy your time at Carleton and the Congress.
tim
Welcome back!
Tim -
Although I have, indeed, spent the past month rummaging about in your older posts and finding much thoughtful and thought-provoking material there, I've missed reading new missives from you. I'm very pleased that you're back at the keyboard again.
Gail
Blogging
Thanks Gail. I'm happy to be back too. I'll post weekly now, perhaps twice a week. I appreciate you taking the time to write.
tim
John Perry
You might also want to look at John Perry's
http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/
Perry is a Philosopher at Stanford.
John Perry
Hi Michael,
I know John's essay. In fact, he and I did an interview together on NPR last spring (you can access that interview through procrastination.ca). I also wrote about John's essay early in my blogging, see http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/dont-delay/200804/structured-procr...
It's funny, I introduced this most recent blog by saying that Mark Kingwell was my favorite "Canadian" philosopher, and I made this distinction because John Perry holds this place as my favorite "American" philosopher, particularly because of his attitude towards education, teaching and students. If you haven't already, check out his "Philosophy Talk" Web site at http://www.philosophytalk.org/
Thanks for writing,
tim
meaning of ...
As a heavy procrastinator myself - always getting the job done just in time (since I am a journalist it does suit the job though) - I am really interested in the existential questions connected to it. When Kingwell writes about the 'unsettling question of whether anything is worth doing at all', it marks the void that lurks inside and comes up when I immerse myself in procrastination. The meaning of doing things and perception on meaning of life are strongly connected indeed.
I look forward to more interesting posts on this one. Thank you for your interesting blog - I may not read it like a scientist would do, but it provides insight never the less. (-:
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