Early modern philosophy texts for students 16 Mar 2009 As you may have noticed, I am something of a Victorian – as well as being from that wonderful state, I also write as if I were a nineteenth century writer. It comes of reading too many of them over too long a period. I have little trouble when the parentheses separate the beginnings from the ends of sentences by two pages. But most people, those who live in the real world, don’t have the patience to wade through the archaic language in which most modern English-language philosophy, both originals and translations, are written. Now, early modern specialist Jonathon Bennett of the universities of Cambridge, British Columbia, and Syracuse, has set up a site with downloadable classical texts with interspersed commentary and modern terminology, and the boring stuff removed, to make the texts more immediately comprehensible. The site is called Early Modern Philosophy. Check it out. Education History
Evolution History of evolution 16 Jul 2008 Ryan Gregory at Genomicron has a couple of interesting posts; One on Natural Selection before Darwin, which discusses prior presentations back to Hutton. I think he’s right that prior to Darwin selection was typically not thought of as a way to form new species. It’s generally not after Darwin either… Read More
Evolution Bits and pieces 7 Jan 2009 I’m away from what serves as my computer these days for a while – off to Sydney to find a place to live. Also, the Seed Masters (whom I for one welcome) are upgrading Moveable Type from 3 to 4, so we can’t blog for a few days anyway. But… Read More
Evolution The World According to Genesis: Moral Knowledge 6 Jun 200724 Nov 2022 Like any middle eastern deity, YHWHW Elohim is a fairly petty individual. He doesn’t want competition from his creations, so he blocks access to the “Tree of Life”, which is a magical tree whose fruit can make you live forever. We have two magical trees, a corporeal deity of limited knowledge and good will, a snake that talks and has intentions like any trickster god to thwart the designs of the deity, and a justification for wearing clothes, which is not a matter just of shame, but of intended purpose. Read More
Thanks. I always liked philosophy. Many claim that the subject is too abstract and it has little effect at the level of the individual but IMHO everyone has at least one and it has a profound effect on how we think and see the world around us. IMO a lot of the people who look to religion for answers would do at least as well, often better I suspect, if they instead turned to a study of philosophy.
Thanks. I always liked philosophy. Many claim that the subject is too abstract and it has little effect at the level of the individual but IMHO everyone has at least one and it has a profound effect on how we think and see the world around us. IMO a lot of the people who look to religion for answers would do at least as well, often better I suspect, if they instead turned to a study of philosophy.