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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Graduate Student and teacher |
| Location | Bay Area, California, United States |
| Introduction | I am the son of a son of a Behm. UCLA is my Alma Mater, where I received my BA in Philosophy. I am currently a graduate student studying Philosophy, Greek, Latin, and Medieval history. I play the guitar (and lute), both classical and fusion. I also study theory and composition. I study chess and play in USCF rated tournaments. I'm currently category B strength. I love reading ancient and medieval history, as well as military history. Moreover, I find the study of systematic theology interesting, if not relevant to Philosophy of Religion. My philosophical interests include Meta-Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Language, Normative Epistemology, and the History of Philosophy, especially Medieval (particularly Abelard, Duns Scotus,Ockham, Buridan and Burley), and Early Modern (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hume, and Kant). I also really like aspects of Frege, Russell, Moore, Austin, Quine and David Lewis. I like to hang out with friends and just be a potty-mouthed goofball. And I love being engaged in interesting conversation. That's what I do. But mostly, I just love The Choozer (and Puppy-Dog). |
| Interests | Analytic Philosophy, Linguistics, Classical Music, Classical Guitar, Lute, Composition, Fusion, Geology, Systematic Theology, Literature, Medieval Studies, Attic Greek, Latin, Classics, Chess, Art History, Evolution,Military History, Cooking, Comics, XBox, and Dig-A-Booty (Maliboo-tay style), akak: Sexual Kung Fu |
| Favorite movies | All Quiet on the Western Front, (the original release), Kicking and Screaming, (the one with Eric Stoltz & Parker Posey, not Will Farrell), A Man For All Seasons, Happy Gilmore, A Thin Red Line, Donnie Darko, Seven Samurai, Seventh Seal, Mallrats, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Escape from New York, The Dark Crystal, All The Mornings of the World, Pulp Fiction, Never Cry Wolf, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead (Romero version), Platoon, Band of Brothers, and that movie about your Mom |
| Favorite music | Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Johann Sebastion Bach, Buxtehude,Debussy, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Prokoviev, F.J.Haydn, Arvo Part, Steve Reich, Phillip Glass, Bela Bartok, Danny Elfman, Keith Jarret, Alan Holdsworth, Greg Howe, Shawn Lane, Brett Garsed, Jason Becker, Yngwie Malmsteen, Ron Thal, Frank Gambale, Chick Corea, Buckethead, Vinnie Moore, Pat Martino, Birelli Lagrene, Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock,Richie Kotsen, Stanley Clarke, Bunny Brunel, Lenny White, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Rainbow, Symphony X, Chris Whitley, Jonas Hellborg, Jens & Anders Johannsson, some electronica and techno |
| Favorite books | Cathedral by Raymond Carver, Homer's Iliad, Sophocles' Antigone and Oedipus Tyrannus, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Plato's Euthyprho and Apology, The Song of Roland, Beowulf, Confucius' Analects, Augustine's Against the Academicians, Epictetus' Discourses, Tolkein's The Hobbit, Aesops' Fables, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird, Dr. Faustus by Thomas Mann, The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius |