A New Beginning

[updated May 2, 2012]

This blog was originally conceived as a successor to my first venture into blogspace, Hominy Grits, at a time when external circumstances threatened the future existence of that blog.  Much has changed in the intervening five years and I'm happy to say that Hominy Grits marches on, albeit with a much altered focus. (Check it out to see what I'm up to these days.)

This blog was thought of as something entirely different, and it remains quite, well ... different.

This blog intends to focus on only a few projects, as time, energy and enthusiasm permit. One is an exegesis of Alfred North Whitehead's great work Process and Reality. This is something I've had in mind for a while. It could be quite a long project, but a "serial" approach, in the medium of the blog, may lend itself well to the undertaking.

Other philosophical issues may also arise and be addressed as time, energy and inspiration permit. These will hopefully naturally arise out of the study of Whitehead as well as in response to environmental concerns, scientific and social developments, other current events or even spiritual practice.

This blog intends to present what I am at the moment calling "philosophy, free-style." While I aim to be reasonably scholarly, I do not wish to be tied down overly much by the conventions and crutches of academic thinking. A significant proportion of philosophy is opinion, and this blog intends to express that opinion, unfettered.

I hope that many of you will remember to bookmark this site and visit often. Your comments on the ideas brought forward here are always most appreciated.