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
Philosophy Evopsychopathy 4: Adaptive scenarios 15 Dec 20122 Jan 2013 Sorry for the gap, RL intervened. This is going to be the hardest one of these to write. And if you think tl;dr, fair enough. But it’s a crucial aspect to discussions of EP and SB. Although I think that Darwin’s greatest idea was common descent as an explanation for… 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
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.