Monthly Archives: November 2014

3quarksdaily links today to a two year old article by Massimo Pigliucci objecting to a 1998 book by E.O.Wilson. But anyone who could say “Epistemic reductionism is obviously false”, at least on the basis of only the feeble grounds provided … Continue reading →

Note: This rant is more about the evils of headline writers and professional C&M types than about the substance of the proposed study (which I think is very interesting): The University of Washington is rightly proud of the fact that … Continue reading →

The answer provided by a professional philosopher (at AskPhilosophers.org) to the question “If we have no free will, then is the entire legal system redundant since no one can be held accountable for anything since no one has control over … Continue reading →

Ophelia Benson is often proudly childish in giving vent to her emotions, but rarely falls into the kind of childish pride with which Peter Boghossian asserts the “adult” nature of his comments. I don’t know if Tim Cook really meant … Continue reading →