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
Evolution The evolution of bacon 7 Jun 20117 Jun 2011 From Calamities of Nature… The alt text reads “Ironically enough, four billion years later the world witnessed the birth of the first bacon creature, which just happened to be a direct descendent of Harold.” Read More
Metaphysics Thought for the day: Why is "now" now? 2 Apr 2010 I am something of an amateur block theorist (which means that I only imperfectly instantiate a spacetime worm). Actually, it means I think that the universe exists as a single unitary entity extended in however many dimensions it is, including time. It’s, as it were, a block, not a river…. Read More
Philosophy Science as atheistic 8 Aug 2009 If God is conceived as a being who belongs to the world of beings, even as the highest being, then the science whose object of research is precisely this world is of necessity atheistic. For its research takes account solely of phenomena that are objectifiable and at the disposal of… Read More