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
Epistemology Who invented worldviews? 5 Feb 20235 Feb 2023 As a young man/teenager, I heard a lot about worldviews, and didn’t think much of it. The philosophers talked about them, the theologians talked about them, and the gurus talked about them. It was always a choice between worldviews. But it was at best only vaguely communicated by these great… Read More
Epistemology Of Interest 5 May 20235 May 2023 One of the questions that have plagued my insomniac nights over the past decade or so is what makes something interesting. There are many proposals. I was reminded of this when I recently read this in Yohan J. John’s essay on cell membranes and boundaries: We have a name for… Read More
Biology Some loose ends – Reductionism and Phylocode 26 Aug 201018 Sep 2017 I’ve been asked in the comments to cover two topics, neither of which I want to discuss at length because they are not easy to cover, and because they aren’t the focus of my rather intense monomania right now. They are: Reductionism and Phylocode. 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?