Why I'm doing this

The basic point of this endeavor is to prove that philosophy's not dead.  Most people today don't see the applicability of philosophy to their lives.  While some small portion of this disconnect may be the fault of the general public, the vast majority of the blame lies with the philosophic community.  As a whole philosophy is becoming an isolated community that is beginning to talk only to itself.  Most people who acknowledge that philosophy is important don't see it as accessible and therefore don't pursue it any further.  I don't want this to be the future of philosophy.  My fundamental hope is that through this blog I can provide people with some kind of accessible, quirky and, dare I say, fun examples to help break through the walls of the "ivory tower" language that all too often encases philosophy and makes it exceedingly difficult for even people well-versed in philosophy to understand.  Philosophy is ever-present and underlies the currents of much of the pop culture that we have become familiar with.  And much of it is very present in the internet memes we have come to know and love.  Or hate.

But I have to come clean.  This isn't just an altruistic project.  I have my own self serving motivations that compelled me to establish this blog.  Mostly it gives me a somewhat valid excuse to look at pictures of cats with humorous captions on the internet and say I'm doing "work".  It also means I can psychologically justify buying philosophy books and not feel like I'm just burning money.  Basically this is my way own little way of acknowledging the eventuality that I'll die alone. Surrounded by fifty cats.