Republicans More Scientifically

Republicans are more scientifically literate than Democrats or independents are.  Of course as with many of these “understanding” polls the baseline is really, really low.  

Is There a Duty to Vote?

Is there a duty to vote? Most people don’t like to consider that most of the reasons to vote aren’t terribly good. I try and vote but I missed last time as I unexpectedly had to work late. I didn’t feel too bad – of course I wasn’t terribly happy with the choices to vote [...]

Ancient Sealed Metal Hebrew Plates Found

Ancient sealed metal plates written in coded Hebrew have been found. Some are suggesting this could be as big a find as the Dead Sea Scrolls. They date from the first century CE and may be among the oldest Christian documents yet found. Obviously the significant of sealed metal plates written in coded Hebrew is [...]

Panpsychism and OOO

On panpsychism and OOO I think one problem with the term panpsychism is that folks assume it means consciousness ala Leibniz’s monads.  It doesn’t.  It doesn’t for Perice at least.

Spinoza and OOO

Spinoza and OOO.  This was actually very helpful to help me understand OOO.  (Still a bunch of books on my nightstand waiting for time to be read)

What Comes Before the Question

Derrida: “What Comes Before The Question?”

The Instability of Philosophers’ Judgments

The Instability of Philosophers’ Judgments about Hypothetical Moral Scenarios

American Grace

I was running a lot of errands the other day and was able to list to most of Radio West’s show on American Grace.  It really was quite interesting. I noticed today that Razib over at Secular Right listed the book on his reading list on religion. I’m so far behind in my reading as is [...]

FDA Limits Your Genome

Razib on whether you control your own genome. Pretty significant overreach by the FDA.

Bleeding Heart Libertarians

There’s a new blog up: Bleeding Heart Libertarians. More or less it appears to be a blog for Libertarians who aren’t opposed to social justice. Pretty interesting and more on the philosophical side of things rather than just a typical politics or economics blog. I’m intrigued as social justice is one big reason I’m opposed [...]

Why No Astrology?

Many know Boyle, Newton and others were into alchemy and a lot of other odd things but not astrology.

Leibniz vs. Spinoza

Leibniz vs. Spinoza. Very nice overview of some profound differences between them. He attempts to draw some contemporary political implications that I find a bit less persuasive. (Also see his earlier post)

Why Physicists Are Bad At Philosophy

Why are so many physicists bad at philosophy? Great post I saw on the recent philosopher’s carnival. (Yeah, I’ve not been keeping up the past months) I think most scientists in general would benefit from a philosophy class if only to learn to not to assume things are as clear as they believe.

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