Hello!<\/p>\n
It\u2019s almost end of term and I\u2019m caught up in writing essays, which are due in a week or so. For my Darwinism and Philosophy module, I\u2019m writing an essay on the concept of biological function, in which I try to pin down what exactly it means to say, for example, that the \u201cfunction\u201d of the heart is to pump blood, or that the \u201cfunction\u201d of the rattle in rattlesnakes is to deter predators. For my Continental Philosophy module, I\u2019m writing an essay on Nietzsche\u2019s book On the Genealogy of Morals<\/em>, where I offer an interpretation of some of his central claims.<\/p>\n I also have, for my special subject module (see last week\u2019s post), a mini-dissertation due at the beginning of next term, mid-January. Unfortunately, this means I\u2019ll have to do some work among festive meals and Christmas celebrations. But, as much as I\u2019d prefer 4 weeks of full relax, I\u2019m (somewhat) looking forward to writing it, because the topic I\u2019ve chosen interests me very much. I will engage with my lecturer\u2019s view on what the good life (or well-being) is, and will put forward some objections in order to develop a slightly different take on the matter. To put it roughly, I\u2019m going to argue that well-being is that condition where you develop and express your own capacities to their fullest potential and at the same time enjoy doing it.<\/p>\n Next week, I plan to take a break from essay writing and go to the Manchester Christmas markets. I\u2019ve been there already in the last couple of years and really enjoyed the festive atmosphere, the mulled wine, and all the different things you can find at the various stands. It\u2019s also quite easy to reach Manchester from Lancaster by train, which allows you to go in the afternoon and come back within the day.<\/p>\n Until next time!<\/p>\n Pietro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello! It\u2019s almost end of term and I\u2019m caught up in writing essays, which are due in a week or so. For my Darwinism and Philosophy module, I\u2019m writing an essay on the concept of biological function, in which I try to pin down what exactly it means to say, for example, that the \u201cfunction\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":799,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[71,103,65,78],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philosophy","tag-christmas","tag-end-of-term","tag-essays","tag-philosophy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5DvUs-bl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/799"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}