The Philosophers’ Menu 4 May 2010 The Philosophers’ Menu Presuppositions. Kantelope Assorted carnaps Pareto soup Hart-boyled eggs with a rescher of bacon Major Premises Jugged hare, with milled popper Skinnered peacocke, with nashed paretos Plato’ the Day Humeburger, with gibbard gravy Frankfurts and schauer kraut Bass van frassen [sic] Nagels and lockes Frege legs with russell sprouts Roast pigou, thoreauly dunn Fried (on nozick teflon) scanlons and lukes Just Deserts Julianned annanas Parfiteroles Ice cream cohen—jerry, joshua, or jonathan Candied geaches and pears Strawsonberry short cake Liquiddities Mineral walzer Perryier Wittgenstein of beer McGinn and tonic Copp of tea Brandty [From an unrecorded source, communicated but disavowed by Gerald Dworkin] Epistemology Ethics and Moral Philosophy Humor Metaphysics Philosophy Philosophy
Biology Species: The evolution of the idea 12 Oct 2017 My revised book is now titled Species: The evolution of the idea, and now contains a philosophy section as well as a complete list of species concept[ion]s and an appendix of all taxonomic levels I could locate. It is due out in February 2018 from CRC Press. I have done a… Read More
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
Epistemology Laws and explanation in history 14 Jun 2009 One of the critical pieces on the philosophy of history was published as Laws and Explanation in History in 1957. Now the hist-analytic site, run by Stephen Bayne, has added the entirety of the book online to its growing list of significant philosophical contributions to the philosophy of history. Links… Read More