God damn Tony Piro! 2 Aug 201122 Jun 2018 Tony Piro does this comic: But that’s not why God should damn him. Philosophers do these sorts of things to their kids, and neither of my kids could leave home because Achilles and the Tortoise were always blocking the door. Instead, he should be damned because He’s a godless atheist who will obviously go to hell, and He sent me these: and he didn’t sign them! Okay, they were free because I mentioned him nicely on this blog, but still… Despite this lack of moral fibre, you should still subscribe to his comic. Humor Philosophy Pop culture Religion
Epistemology Logic, evolution, and classification 1 Feb 201118 Sep 2017 Sometimes, as a philosopher, one forgets that not everyone has been forced to undergo a logic class. This is a problem, both because logic is taught as the second most boring subject after calculus, and because, like calculus, it is enormously relevant to everything we do. Most especially it is… Read More
Humor Reasoning manga 22 Dec 201022 Jun 2018 Despite my recent troubles, I had some students with a great attitude. This was the workings sheet for a reasoning skills exam. The student got a good mark. Read More
Philosophy My Absent Career 8: A second chance 22 Dec 20221 Jan 2023 So, at this point I am now 50 or so, doing my postdoc at UQ with Paul Griffiths, and living with my family just pre-separation (the divorce came a few years later). Two things happened. The first is that I started to gain confidence, Now, this may shock those who… Read More
Luckily, Tony isn’t worried in the slightest about any damnation from the Invisible Flying Spaghetti Monster (or any other god)!