New article[s] at the Stanford Encyclopedia 15 Sep 2009 Kant on space and time, by Andrew Janiak Information processing and thermodynamic entropy, by Owen Maroney Metaphysics
Ecology and Biodiversity Rise of the Planet of the Moralists 3: clades and grades 20 Oct 201122 Jun 2018 Rise of the Planet of the Moralists Series1: Introduction2: Chains and Trees 3: Clades and grades4: Predicting traits5: Social dominance and power Note: My researchers readers have inundated provided me with all kinds of interesting references (hi Jeb and Jocelyn). One that is particularly interesting is this book. It appears… Read More
Metaphysics What it is like to be a digital camera 3 Dec 20101 Jul 2020 I’m avoiding work and jotting down notes that might one day issue forth in a paper. The issue of what consciousness is, is a vexed problem in philosophy of mind. Partly this is because it is so ill-defined, as any coined term based on an impressionistic philosophy like Descartes’ can… Read More
Epistemology Notes on novelty 5: Evolutionary radiations and individuation 31 Dec 201115 Jan 2012 Notes on Novelty series: 1. Introduction 2. Historical considerations – before and after evolution 3: The meaning of evolutionary novelty 4: Examples – the beetle’s horns and the turtle’s shell 5: Evolutionary radiations and individuation 6: Levels of description 7: Surprise! 8: Conclusion – Post evo-devo Sometime around 1900, Henry Fairfield Osborn (the Ernst Mayr of… Read More
Kant on space and time, by Andrew Janiak Earlier this year, there was some buzz in the science news about new quantum evidence for a “holographic universe”, in which we would only have 2 real spatial dimensions, while the 3rd would be holographic: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203130708.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle