Terminological exaptitude 19 May 201119 May 2011 Lately, advocates of experimental philosophy have been calling it X-Phi. What with connotations of Mulder and Scully, that’s rather cool. Then, I saw a site on mathematical philosophy call itself M-Phi. So it follows that what I do, the philosophy of science, has to be called Sci-Phi… What do we call philosophical theology? Theo-Phi? Suggestions? Later: Ah! My intertubes are back! I will do a substantive post sometime soon, just after I finish all that marking… Humor Philosophy Science
Philosophy Religious Nones 22 Sep 2009 A new report has shown that one of the fastest growing “religions” is “None” in America. It may be that as many as 25% will be Nones by 2030. But this is not a single group, and is highly heterogeneous. Nones include those who believe in some God, but not… Read More
Biology New SEP article on innateness 7 Aug 2009 Speaking of Paul Griffiths, who were were just a little while back, he has a new essay up at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Distinction between Innate and Acquired Characteristics. This is a crucial issue in biology, psychology, and even the law and social science. So this is a… Read More
Hah! I hit submit, the site refreshed and there was the same suggestion of Dei Phi. Great minds think alike!
I’m more concerned with the philosophy of evolution: it must be e-phil, but then that’s what the creationists have been saying for a while…
How about Dog Phi A synonym for Theology is Dogma The advantage of this is that partially dsylexic philosophers would easily understand it
Which leads directly into the joke What do dyslexic, insomniac, agnostics do at night? Lay awake wondering if there is a Dog!
?Philosophy of Theology? … Why, PhilThe, of course. [Sorry, the department of bad puns just lost a major grant.] Good luck with grading!
Ah, but when will Experimental Theology appear on university timetables? Let’s see those gods in action! Whoops, correct the punctuation and spacing for scientific readers: let’s see those gods’ inaction! Or does that risk the forced renaming of university departments to become Department of Atheology?