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
Administrative Ronin Institute for masterless scholars 6 Jan 20136 Jan 2013 As readers may know, I, along with a great many other researchers, have no permanent position, making do with casual work to get by. This is an increasing problem around the world as educational institutions transition from being a public good to a service provider to government and economic goals…. Read More
Cognition Notes on novelty 7: Surprise! 14 Jan 201221 Jun 2018 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 It is now time to return to the basic argument… Read More
Accommodationism Accommodating science: Astronomy 27 Feb 201427 Feb 2014 If science and religion do conflict, what are the points of conflict that have occurred? These tend to have arisen in historical contexts as the science evolved. I shall consider five sciences and how religion has responded to them: astronomy, or cosmology, geology, evolutionary biology and biology in general, medicine,… 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?