Aware: Free Will 21 Dec 202330 May 2024 Physics and neurons, basically Are freewill and determinism incompatible? Is there even a conflict?See my Substack for further information Ethics and Moral Philosophy Metaphysics
Evolution Butler’s word games 11 Sep 2009 Gary Nelson recently sent me a paper from G. G. Simpson, published back around 1961: Simpson, GG. 1961. Lamarck, Darwin and Butler, three approaches to evolution. The American Scholar 30 (2):239-249. Unfortunately, this is not online, even through JSTOR, but it’s a wonderful essay, in which Simpson excoriates Samuel Butler’s… Read More
Ethics and Moral Philosophy Rise of the Planet of the Moralists 5: Social Dominance and Power 2 Nov 20112 Nov 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Moralists Series1: Introduction2: Chains and Trees 3: Clades and grades4: Predicting traits5: Social dominance and power Thus far we have focused on the differences between human beings and apes, and the ways we should expect to find each species behave. What do all apes… Read More
Ethics and Moral Philosophy Catholic ethics, and the Australian Museum 20 Apr 2010 Read this piece about how the Catholic Church is sponsoring a “science ethics” prize through the Australian Museum. Read More