Ostler Reading Club Schedule

OK, I know some people wanted an update on the reading club. As you recall that was supposed to have started the first week in September. However I found myself working 12, 18 and even a few 20 hour days for most of the month. Needless to say philosophical writing ended up [...]

Guide to Basic Readings on Free Will

GFPs has a guide to basic readings on free will.

Spore & The Royal Society: Teaching Evolution

OK, I’m late to this one. But a lot of people are talking about the game Spore. I don’t have the game although I’m thinking about downloading the iPhone version of the game. The problem is that the game was hyped as if it were teaching evolution. Yet, it seems to [...]

Davidson: What Is Present to the Mind

I really am getting into Davidson as I read his latter works. It certainly at minimum gives a more nuanced view of his earlier works I was already familiar with. This paper continues the same topic as the prior one with a lot of overlap. The debate is over what identifies a [...]

Most Brutally Honest Philosophy Job Offer Ever

The most brutally honest philosophy job offer ad ever (HT: Leiter Reports)

Stem Cells & Cancer

A nice overview on the stem cells and cancer thesis at The Economist.

Neurobiology of a Hallucination

Neurobiology of a hallucination.

Motivated Reasoning

Motivated reasoning. Or why your candidate doesn’t flip flop or say contradictory things. I’m getting tired enough of the double standards and quoting out of context by both sides that I wish the election were next week.

Randomness and Free Will

Randomness and free will at GFP. Offers an interesting anti-Frankfurt demon where random ideas are given to agents. Quite clever. I’m not sure I agree with where he takes it though.

The End of Intuitional Innocence

Schwitzgebel on Intuitions and the end of innocence.

Obama vs. McCain: The Science Debate (HT: Razib)

Rediscovering our Hunter Gatherer Roots

“In some ways modern progressive cultures are returning us psychologically to our hunter-gatherer roots. … That means high sociopolitical gender equality over all, but with men and women expressing predisposed interests in different domains.” Fascinating post of Razib’s I somehow missed. The centralized society of the past few millennia is changing. Our [...]

Personality by State

Razib on personality variation by state. Utahns are low for neurosis and very high for being extroverted, conscientious, agreeable, and in the 2cd quintile for openness.

Kripkey’s Argument Against 4-Dimensionalism

Kripke’s Argument Against 4-Dimensionalism. Had I the time I’d do a post for the opposition. Although Richard says he’s doing a follow-up post on Sider’s rejoinder.

The Infinitist Theory of Epistemic Justification

“Foundationalism for Modest Infinitists” (HT: Certain Doubts) I’ve not really read modern epistemological papers on this. I need to since I suspect I am an infinitist. Peirce is an infinitist in his early work although some read his later work (especially on his categories) as offering significant revision. See Aikin’s “Prospects [...]

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