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Tag Archives: philosophy
Rediscovering Hegel
Rediscovering Hegel is not something I particularly want to do. But I did find this article quite interesting and it struck me as a good example of what I can appreciate about academic Philosophy. I do enjoy considering how people … Continue reading
Why doesn’t philosophy progress from debate to consensus? | Aeon Essays
Source: Why doesn’t philosophy progress from debate to consensus? | Aeon Essays My first thought on this article was to be puzzled by the idea that Molyneux problem is not trivial. Surely any person handling and feeling a sphere will … Continue reading
My words may have meaning, your parrot’s may too.
A recent essay by Stephen Law in Psyche Ideas, entitled My words have meaning, your parrot’s do not. Wittgenstein explains, is forcing me into yet another diatribe in my ongoing love-hate relationship with “philosophy”. A slogan often associated with the … Continue reading
Coleridge’s Theory of Ideas
Well, I have to admit that I had been completely unaware of Coleridge as a philosopher until coming upon this Aeon Essay. But on reading it I found much to like about what seems to have been his approach. In … Continue reading
Are Numbers “Real”?
This Aeon Essay about whether numbers are cultural or innate is a rerun from 2017. But I read it again and it strikes me that the claims attributed to cognitive scientist Rafael Núñez are wrong on at least two counts. … Continue reading
Why Study Philosophy? – A Not Stupid Answer
Hangers-on at the edge of academic philosophy often challenge the lack of respect for their purported discipline in a way that undermines both the respect they want to encourage and the employment prospects that they presumably hope to enhance. Here … Continue reading
Philosophy News | The Gettier Problem: A Study
Philosophy News | The Gettier Problem: A Study. I haven’t read this yet, but my take on “Gettier” problems is that they break on the issue of “justified” rather than “belief”. (And further that the break is so obvious that … Continue reading
Philosophy News | My Philosopher Can Beat Up Your Computer Scientist
Philosophy News | My Philosopher Can Beat Up Your Computer Scientist. Philosophy’s perceived market disrespect (inferiority complex ?) is a reaction to the fact that there is no philosophy credential which predicts any useful skill any more effectively than any … Continue reading
The Uses of Philosophy
A bit of a coincidence today as John S Wilkins returns to the theme of scientists’ disrespect for philosophy at the same time as Chris Hallquist announces that philosophy is dysfunctional. I suspect that the root of the problem is in … Continue reading
Christopher Norris Defends Philosophy
Christopher Norris has written an article in Philosophy Now defending the Philosophy of Science from allegations of its irrelevance by scientists (most recently Stephen Hawking for example). Norris alleges the existence of “scientists’ need to philosophize and their proneness to … Continue reading