Ithaca 1 Oct 2009 ?? ????? ???? ??????? ??? ??? ?????, ?? ??????? ?? ‘??? ?????? ? ??????, ??????? ???????????, ??????? ??????? When you depart for Ithaca, wish for the road to be long, full of adventure, full of knowledge. [C. P. Cavafy, found courtesy of John Lynch] Philosophy
Creationism and Intelligent Design Paper withdrawn from Synthese 30 Apr 2011 Massimo Pigliucci, head of the Philosophy Program at City University of New York, and Raphael Scholl from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bern, have withdrawn a paper from Synthese. Here, with their permission, is the text of the letter they sent to the editors in chief: To… Read More
Epistemology Homology and analogy 27 Aug 201018 Sep 2017 Last time I noted that phylogenetic classification was based on homologies, which I have elsewhere discussed. Now I want to consider how we might generalise it across all the sciences. And in particular I want to consider the other form of classificatory activity, by analogy, might also generalise. This will… Read More
Philosophy Update 16 Apr 201221 Jun 2018 I spent the weekend going to the Global Atheist Conspiracy Convention, courtesy of PZ Myers, the organisers, and Neil Thomason who drove me. I will write some extended reflections on it over the next few days, but I have a lot of things to resolve first, like how to shower,… Read More
There is a recitation of the poem by Sean Connery and Vangelis . See also Waiting for the Barbarians . The poetry of Cavafy, a fellow Alexandrian tormented soul, is interesting and worth checking out to say the least.