70th Philosophers’ Carnival 2 Jun 20084 Oct 2017 The idea of philosophers having a carnival, literally a celebration of the flesh, is somehow fitting and faintly disturbing, but this time they had the good taste to refer to a post of mine. But thats not [entirely] why I mention it. The Uncredible Halq has an Introduction to Philosophy, which is well worth reading even if you know what philosophy is, which you don’t. Oh, and my definition? “Philosophy is what you argue about when facts don’t fix the conclusion.” Philosophy
Epistemology Was Jesus a philosopher? 9 May 2010 A local philosophy mailing list has announced a talk being given by a philosophically inclined plumber on Jesus’ philosophy. This rather begs the question* that he was indeed a philosopher. Jesus certainly held ethical principles and taught doctrines, but that is insufficient to make someone a philosopher. Many people have… Read More
Epistemology Atheism, agnosticism and theism 2: What it is to have a belief 16 Jul 201122 Jun 2018 Previous posts in this series: One. We talk a lot about believing this or that, and about faith and the content of faith, but we are often a little bit vague on what that actually entails and why. Philosophers, however, have a range of senses of “belief”, often shared by psychologists… Read More
General Science Begging questions about philosophy, science and everything else 1 Sep 20121 Sep 2012 Those who know me well take great care not to say (at least when I am in earshot) “That begs the question…” and mean by that “That raises the question…”, or else they will get a dissertation delivered for a period on the right use of that phrase. That’s right, folks,… Read More
Can philosophy of science also include when the facts dont fix the problem…yet? Berkeley wouldnt have written the Dialogues, I think, if he know what we do now.