A really good philosophy blog 22 Jan 2010 I can strongly recommend Philosophical Disquisitions as a philosophy blog. Where I know the material, the author is accurate, fair and insightful, so by induction, the same will be true of other material. Some very good stuff lately on causation. Metaphysics Philosophy Science
Education Interdisciplinarity never works 18 Jun 2010 Wait until the psych students convince the physics students that they are just hallucinating their pendulums. The the philosophy students will show them all that it’s just a matter of an error in language and they can all go about getting on with their oof!… where did that come from? Read More
Philosophy Arendt and Heidegger – moral failures? 31 Oct 2009 Slate has an essay on Arendt and Heidegger by Ron Rosenbaum that suggests they never really disavowed or freed themselves from fascist ideology. Worth a read. Read More
Epistemology Human reasoning 27 Oct 2010 Human reasoning is not simple, neat, and impeccable. It is not akin to a proof in logic. Instead, it draws no clear distinction between deduction, induction, and abduction, because it tends to exploit what we know. Reasoning is more a simulation of the world fleshed out with all our relevant… Read More