Even more videos by Adam Ford 15 Sep 201415 Sep 2014 Adam has caught up with the remainder of his interviews with me and put them on Facebook. Once more I remind viewers this was entirely ad hoc and unrehearsed. Late note: I have now added all the videos. Many thanks to Adam. Check out his Youtube feed. Cognition Epistemology Evolution Metaphysics Philosophy Science Sermon Technology
Administrative Hello? Can you hear me now? 26 Jun 201226 Jun 2012 As I sit at Berkeley in the warm (suck on that Melburnians), I am moved to ask: can anybody hear me? My server provider “upgraded” their hardware with the immediate result that I couldn’t access or even see my blog for about 6 or so days. Of course this happened… Read More
Epistemology Metaphysical determinism 20 May 201227 Aug 2012 There is a hypothesis called the Sapir-Whorf Thesis (also known as linguistic relativity) in language that one can only think what one’s language permits you to think, and indeed forces you to think. This idea that some conceptual scheme can determine how you think is widely held. It appears again… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity What is an individual? 11 Aug 2007 Rob Wilson has a new entry up at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, entitled “The Biological notion of an individual”. It discusses an interesting problem, one that goes back to discussions by Julian Huxley in 1911. What is an individual in biology? Read More
Once more I remind viewers this was entirely ad hoc and unrehearsed. That’s what I particularly like about them.
These are really quite helpful primers, especially for non-philosophers interested in the topics (meaning, of course, myself for example). But the first thought that struck me when I saw the still from the first video I watched was, “Dr. John Wilkins and Bob Mould: separated at birth?”
These videos are quite good. One problem is that you’ve destroyed my image of the ancient, angry silver-back lashing out fools who dare cross his path.;)
I think you’ve found your true metier. You could do for philosophy what Bronowski did for science in The Ascent of Man. You’d need a catchier title, though. Maybe something cool and hip like iThink (if you were angling for sponsorship by Apple)