I should stand for Parliament perhaps 7 May 2010 It’s the going thing in the UK. H/T Leiter. Humor Philosophy Politics Philosophy
History Follies d’Air 30 Dec 2007 The New York Times has a long overdue article on the stupidity of airport security measures for those flying to, within or in markets affected by the United States post-9/11. Pointing out that the security screening at airports in no way reduces any threats (but screening luggage does considerably), and… Read More
Philosophy Science as atheistic 8 Aug 2009 If God is conceived as a being who belongs to the world of beings, even as the highest being, then the science whose object of research is precisely this world is of necessity atheistic. For its research takes account solely of phenomena that are objectifiable and at the disposal of… Read More
General Science Classification and the periodic table 19 Dec 201227 Jan 2013 It might be thought that classification in the special and historical sciences is occasionally atheoretical, but that in the general sciences, physics and chemistry, it is derived from Theory. But in fact one of the most exemplary cases of empirical classification that led to Theory is in these sciences: the… Read More
The Torries used the line that labour were all post modernists a few years back and were theirfore all liars given it’s truth claims. One of Oliver Letwin’s less sucessfull attack plans I suspect. I remembered the claim last week when I had to explain to the only conservative I know what non-empirical meant. He was utterly unacquainted with it’s meaning.