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• If You’ve Seen One Financial Crisis…

  

  Devastating financial crises were responsible for causing both the Great Depression and the Great Recession of 2008/09, among other historic economic downturns. Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2011 BUSINESS, CULTURE, ECONOMICS, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY

• Resolution to Read in April: Spring Cleaning

  

  For the month of April the theme for Realizing Resonance is Spring Cleaning! This really just means that rather than have a particular topic I am going to be... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY, THEATRE & OPERA

• The Mitch Hedberg Counterfactual

  

  A counterfactual is a statement about a cause and effect relationship, but in regards to a cause and effect that did not actually happen. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2011 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY

• Realizing Resonance’s Top 10 Philosophical Songs

  

  Given that the theme of the month for Realizing Resonance is the Philosophy of Music, I want to list the top ten songs that have inspired me philosophically. I... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2011 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY

• The Democratic Decentralization of Presidential Campaigns

  

  Image management is essential to getting elected President of the United States. In order to get the most out of the mass media spotlight, campaigns have taken... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Visualization of Sound and Music

  

  The experience of hearing sounds and listening to music is distinct and different in kind from other types of sense experience. Our awareness of auditory... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2011 MUSIC, PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE

• I Play My Guitar Because I Want To

  

  In what sense can I say that I am free? It is natural to think that the words I speak, the actions I take, and even the thoughts I think are mine alone and I... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2011 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY

• Solve That Paradox: If A Tree Falls

  

  If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? This paradox is the perfect philosophical cliché, often asked but rarely... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2011 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY

• Happy Birthday to Me and the Telephone

  powered by Fotopedia I was born on March 10th, 1976, making me 35 years old today. In terms of the big picture this is a very small amount of time, but when it... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY, THEATRE & OPERA

• Resolution to Read in March: Philosophy of Music

  

  For the month of March the theme for Realizing Resonance is the Philosophy of Music! Besides dabbling in Philosophy I am also an experienced guitarist and song... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Hamlet's Alleged Oedipal Complex

  

  William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet starts out as a straight forward revenge drama, which was a common genre during the time of Shakespeare’s life. Early on in th... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY, THEATRE & OPERA

• Anti-Love by Poet Joseph Saunders is Really About Real Love

  

  … from Beauty Fades By Wretched Tidal Waves Anti-Love by Joseph Saunders So many people look for love to feel complete; So many girls ruin their lives trying... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Realizing Resonance’s Top 10 Love and Guitar Songs

  

  Given that the theme of the month is the Philosophy of Love, I thought it would be fun to do another top ten list with love songs. But I have added a twist. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Resolution to Read: The Philosophy of Love

  

  For the month of February Realizing Resonance is celebrating the Philosophy of Love! Not only is the 14th Valentine’s Day, but the 1st was my wife Mary’s... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Brain Full of Memories

  

  I have always thought that I had a particularly good memory, both for retaining knowledge, valuable and useless alike, and for the various experiences in my... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2011 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Solve That Paradox: The Unreality of Time

  

  This is the first edition of Realizing Resonance’s Solve That Paradox. This is where we attempt to explain a paradox in philosophy and ask you the readers to... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2011 PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Realizing Resonance’s Top 10 Reasons to Time Travel as Demonstrated in Movies

  Earlier this month I posted an article about the Philosophy of Time that denied the reality of the future and defined the past as the record of realization.... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2011 CULTURE, MOVIES, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• This Month in Political Philosophy: Term Limits in the Legislative Branch

  

  This is my first political article of the year, and also a new Realizing Resonance monthly tradition: This Month in Political Philosophy. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2011 PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Realizing Resonance’s Top 10 Songs About Time

  Given that the theme of the month is the Philosophy of Time, I thought it would be fun to list Realizing Resonance’s Top 10 Songs about Time. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2011 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Future is Not Real

  

  Have you ever been to the future? Neither have I. No one has ever been to the future, because the future is not real. We are only ever in the present, now and... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2011 PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY