Asseverations and Ejaculations
Species concepts and definitions in science As Robbie Burns once noted, the world is full of things. Philosophers and scientists alike ask whether that also…
So US is due in April, and Cambridge just sent me the flyer below. Notice how cheap this book is! You can buy 50 for…
As a young man/teenager, I heard a lot about worldviews, and didn’t think much of it. The philosophers talked about them, the theologians talked about…
Once the Critical Reasoning project was done (a bit too early due to funding being overspent), I was adrift again, and (quite literally) checking out…
Having taught critical reasoning and studied the usual logic for philosophy undergrads, I felt that I had a pretty good understanding of logic and reasoning,…
Suddenly I was out of work, I could not rejoin the postdoc, and I had to move to Sydney once again, to see if I…
In between my absent career path, I just wrote this in reply to a student who wanted advice on their assignments, as they got around…
Then something happened. A position came up for a lecturer at Bond University. Paul suggested I apply, as lectureships in Australia in philosophy are like…
So, taking this extreme parsimony approach leads me to sharply distinguish between things that are and things we think there are. A good many of…
I should pause for a minute before launching into the episode that finally scuttled my academic ambitions (of earning money), I should explain my absolute…
