Ooh! Shiny! 4 Sep 20134 Sep 2013 Just got the draft cover art of my new book with Malte Ebach: I designed the logo myself… clever, hey? Epistemology Metaphysics Natural Classification Philosophy Science Systematics Theories
Philosophy De mortuis nil nisi bonum 28 Oct 2009 Steve Fuller is crying martyr to that horrible fascist, Norman Levitt, whose terrible sin against the intellectual in the 21st century was to point out that the sort of fashionable nonsense which Fuller is so capable of is, well, nonsense. That Fuller does this in what is supposed to be… Read More
Evolution Are species life forms? 19 Jun 201719 Jun 2017 This is a section of my forthcoming revision to Species, presented here for comments that I can steal – umm, I mean for peer commentary. The philosophical ideas and terms of Wittgenstein have played an interesting and underappreciated role in the species debate: we saw Beckner appeal to family resemblance… Read More
Epistemology Are smarter people irreligious or just nonconformists? 14 Aug 201314 Aug 2013 There’s been a lot of discussion around the traps that studies show repeatedly that those who are atheists or otherwise irreligious are on average a bit smarter than those who aren’t. The usual ballyhoo has followed, with atheists claiming that religion makes you stupid or only stupid people follow religions,… Read More
Actually, yes, I think it is clever. BTW, I recently got a copy of Pigliucci and Boudry, Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem and was pleased to see your essay there. I started to read it first but, unfortunately, life has so far intervened to prevent me from finishing.
Okay. I set aside eating, drinking, peeing/defecating (on a toilet), sleeping and working. I am now thinner, thirstier, smellier, tireder and poorer but enlightened with the knowledge that, because of the boundaries of my circumstance and capacity, I am much less enlightened than I used to think I was. Ain’t philosophy grand?
Nice! What does the logo (I assume that’s the little spiky thing in the lower right corner of the cover) mean, or from what is it derived?