Another chapter on religion done 17 Nov 2017 Readers will recall I had a series on why people believe silly things… This is now a book chapter, with extra added citation goodness and many footnotes, although I haven’t yet resorted to Terry Pratchett’s practice of doing footnotes to the footnotes. Not yet. The book is New Developments in the Cognitive Science of Religion: the Rationality of Religious Belief, edited by Hans Eyghen, and will be published by Springer. Philosophy
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
Epistemology Information is the new Aristotelianism (and Dawkins is a hylomorphist) 27 Apr 201428 Apr 2014 In seeking tales and informations [Henry VIII, Act V, scene 3] For some time now* I have had problems with the notion of information. Not, please note, with this or that piece of information, but with the notion itself, especially in the natural sciences. In this age of computers and internets,… Read More
Genetics Genes – the language of God 1: Genes as Language 7 Jun 201410 Aug 2014 Genes – the language of God 0: Preface Genes – the language of God 1: Genes as Language Genes – the language of God 2: Other popular gene myths and metaphors Genes – the language of God 3: Why genes aren’t information Genes – the language of God 4: Why… Read More