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 Sausages, and science 6 Dec 2009 One should not see, goes the old saw, laws or sausages being made. This is also true of science, for a reason. Before something is published, scientists argue, insult each other, discuss things in casual ways and use unclear jargon and terminology that looks like, to an outsider who is… Read More
History Turing: A poem 14 Sep 2009 By Matt Harvey from here: POEM: ALAN TURING here’s a toast to Alan Turing born in harsher, darker times who thought outside the container and loved outside the lines and so the code-breaker was broken and we’re sorry yes now the s-word has been spoken the official conscience woken –… Read More
Biology Short sharp definitions 11 Aug 2010 Over on Twitter, Waterstones bookshops are running a competition to define philosophy in 100 characters. My definitions are below, but it got me thinking. Einstein, I think, said that if you can’t explain it in simple words you don’t understand it, and so I wonder if we can do this… 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?