Epistemology Is Santorum the finest mind of the 13th century? 11 Feb 201211 Feb 2012 Apparently a reviewer of one of his books so called him that because he applies natural law theory to moral and political policy. I think he’s just warmed over neo-Thomism with a dash of Newman, no small thing in itself, so far as Catholic intellectualism goes, but since I haven’t… Read More
General Science Even the Good Guys get it wrong! 10 Sep 200818 Sep 2017 Another guest post by Thony Christie John recently provided a link to a review of Steve Fuller’s newest book by Anthony Grayling. On the whole I find Professor Grayling’s comments excellent and applaud his put-down of Fuller but then in the last section of his review he goes and spoils… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Modelling and ecological niches 2 Jul 2009 Overlooked due to the orang paper in the Journal of Biogeography is a simulation of the effects of global warming on Bigfoot distributions. It turns out that Sasquatch will become more widespread due to global warming… Late note: John Dennehy also has a nice piece on this paper. Read More
All right, where is the reference to “1066 and All That?” A student essay with no acknowledgment of its sources will be failed.