The hope of the future of the Illuminati 15 Apr 2010 With young folk like this on the case, I have hope for the future of the evil atheist conspiracy… Creationism and Intelligent Design Humor Philosophy Pop culture
Epistemology Does teleology hang on in Venice? 18 Dec 201022 Jun 2018 Here’s an interesting paper, which I haven’t had time to digest, but which I thought I’d better mention before it enters the fog my brain contains these days… It’s by David Depew, one of my favourite philosophical writers on evolution (in no small part because he takes a historical approach… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Do you believe in evolution? 5 May 2009 Asks MSNBC’s Chris Matthews of the GOP’s Mike Pence. The latter dances around it, trying to avoid asserting what science knows to be true, but this raises an interesting problem: does one have to “believe” in evolution? I mean it’s a physical process (the “fact” side) which has a number… Read More
Epistemology More Whewell 26 Jul 2009 When we have thus obtained, with reference to any such subject as those we have here spoken of, these two portions of science, a systematic description of the facts, and a rigorous analysis of the causes, — the Phenomenology and the Ætiology of the subject, — we are prepared for… Read More
I still prefer my formulation: “Critters whose perceptual and cognitive apparatus produce unreliable representations of (relevant aspects of) their word tend to end up as lunch for critters whose apparatus gives them more reliable representations.”
Keep looking for the information! It’s definitely out there though. Especially on the Invaluable Disk!