http://dir.salon.com/topics/metaphysics/?source=rss&aim=metaphysics en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT By Cary Tennis Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/21/youth_and_illusion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/21/youth_and_illusion/index.html?source=rss I used to believe in fantastic things of the imagination; now they all seem to be dead. By Cary Tennis Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/23/envy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/23/envy/index.html?source=rss I can't enjoy what others have because I compare it to what I have. By Cary Tennis Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/09/21/two_weddings/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/09/21/two_weddings/index.html?source=rss Should I try to make it to an event for each, or just pick one and go? How do I choose? And what excuse do I give? By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2006/06/23/click/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2006/06/23/click/index.html?source=rss Adam Sandler's latest movie packages metaphysical lessons with fart jokes and crude sex humor. How funny is that? By Laura Miller Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/05/17/goldstein/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/05/17/goldstein/index.html?source=rss Atheist Jew, champion of modernism, and kind and sociable man, the 17th century lens grinder who was "drunk on God" continues to win hearts and minds with his breathtaking philosophical vision. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/08/06/ruse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/08/06/ruse/index.html?source=rss Philosopher Michael Ruse is an ardent evolutionist who thinks creationism is claptrap. So why is he accusing atheistic scientists like Richard Dawkins of being as religious as born-again Bible thumpers? By Thomas Wilson Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2002/09/24/siegfried/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2002/09/24/siegfried/index.html?source=rss From strange quark matter to multiple universes, visionaries predict the weird things science has yet to discover. By Ralph Brave Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/11/13/heidegger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/11/13/heidegger/index.html?source=rss His new translator tells you what you need to know about the philosopher -- and why you need to know it. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/10/29/malkovich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/10/29/malkovich/index.html?source=rss Director Spike Jonze puts his brilliantly offbeat twist on the "15 minutes of fame" theory. By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/08/06/giant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/08/06/giant/index.html?source=rss The metal-machine sci-fi cartoon delivers robot action, retro nostalgia and stony metaphysics. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/06/28/brownrigg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/06/28/brownrigg/index.html?source=rss An ambitious first novel brings two wounded intellectuals together in cyberspace. By Craig Seligman Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/04/23/existenz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/04/23/existenz/index.html?source=rss David Cronenberg's "Existenz" imagines a dangerously exotic video game -- and it looks a lot like life. By Anne Rice Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1996/08/26/annerice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1996/08/26/annerice/index.html?source=rss On Metaphysics, Howard Stern and the Pleasures of Tab