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"Everything happens for a reason": Simple phrase opens worm-can of wonder 1 comment

lornakismet wrote 6 days ago: Everything happens for a reason: Simple phrase opens wonder worm-can by Jeremy Sherman, Ph.D. /  Nov … more →

Tags: Relationships, Psychology, Philosophy, Self improvement, *al-Ghazali, “Everything happens for a reason”, God's final cause, God's Purpose

Harman's Object Disorientation: Anthropomorphism At Large11 comments

kvond wrote 1 week ago: The Unfinished Harman Theory of Causation [click on picture for larger image] Another Derrida? Coinc … more →

Tags: Graham Harman, Philosophy, Heidegger, Object-Oriented Philosophy, speculative bubble, Speculative Realism

In Praise of Aesthetics over Philosophy? The Metaphors of Projection9 comments

kvond wrote 2 weeks ago: Dreaming Up The “Insides” of Objects Steve Shaviro has a post up in praise of Harman … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Graham Harman, ontology, Vicarious Causation, Harman, shaviro, Aesthetics

A Lesson in Cause and Effect

Ryan Young wrote 2 weeks ago: Ari Fleischer, President Bush’s former press secretary, has a piece in today’s New York … more →

Tags: Philosophy, media, Argumentation, New York Times, yankees, Ari Fleischer, World Series, Republican, Democrat

Throwing A-causal Stones From Theoretical Glass Houses15 comments

kvond wrote 2 weeks ago: I don’t read Harman’s blog, but directed there by Steve Shaviro I noted this rather odd  … more →

Tags: Graham Harman, Philosophy, Incohérence, Steven Shaviro, Vicarious Causation

Plot

griffer13524 wrote 3 weeks ago: Plot is the companion to the timeline, which I discussed here. As a brief reminder, I introduced tim … more →

Tags: Plot, Motivation, Suspense, Timeline

Carts and horses!

John Lewis wrote 3 weeks ago: “Don’t chase the money! Chase personal development and let the money chase you!” T … more →

Tags: Business, Core thought, Economics, musings, People

Taking baby physics too seriously

Ponder Stibbons wrote 3 weeks ago: I don’t know if this objection to the Dowe/Salmon causal processes account of causation has be … more →

Tags: Philosophy

Dissecting Norms20 comments

deontologistics wrote 1 month ago: Levi recently launched a couple new salvo’s in the debate over normativity (here, here, here a … more →

Tags: discussion, Theory, brandom, Empirico-Normative Hybrids, ethics, explanation, folk psychology, folk-sociology, Good

On Trusting Scientists With Respect To Toxins

Daniel Fincke wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday I posted up a video by C0nc0rdance, which received this comment from The Vicar, which I re … more →

Tags: Science, Autism, breast cancer, C0nc0rdance, correlation, ddt, Pesticides, rBGH-contaminated milk, toxins

Causation: Alberts v. Schultz

Elizabeth Spector wrote 1 month ago: Poor Alberts lost his leg…but could have been saved without negligence? Who knows…court … more →

Tags: albert, lost chance, Schultz

The LHC: a victim of sabotoge from the future?

heatherdemarest wrote 1 month ago: The New York Times recently published an essay about a new theory in physics, according to which the … more →

Tags: Viewpoint, al-Qaeda, New York Times, Philosophy, Philosophy of physics, Philosophy of Science, Physics, time

Autism? In my vaccine? Unlikely.2 comments

Kristina wrote 1 month ago: Hey, Science? Why do you look so haggard, baby? What? You’ve been sitting your lab minding you … more →

Tags: Skepticism, anti-vax, Autism, Jenny McCarthy, vaccine

Stephen Yablo

David Frost wrote 1 month ago: Notre Dame Philosophical Review review of his Philosophical Papers vol 1. http://ndpr.nd.edu/review. … more →

Tags: Topics

Blackburn on Davidson

David Frost wrote 1 month ago: Simon Blackburn on Donald Davidson in The New Republic here: http://www.powells.com/review/2005_11_2 … more →

Tags: Philosophy of Social Science, Anomalous Monism, Explanation of Action

Causation: Stubbs v. City of Rochestor

Elizabeth Spector wrote 1 month ago: Case goes to the jury because, as a matter of law, Stubbs doesn't have to prove definitively tha … more →

Tags: rochestor, Stubbs

Irreducible chance or irreducible life?

thegodguy wrote 1 month ago: A theoretical quantum physicist sees fundamental reality as consisting of irreducible chance. Howeve … more →

Tags: reality, Religion, Science, Unity, Love, life after death, God, spirituality, metaphysics

Towards healthier skepticism: Correlation does not imply causation

f241vc15 wrote 1 month ago: This post will attempt to repeat, clarify, and elucidate the need for the remembrance and understand … more →

Tags: errors, Math, Rational Thinking, Science/General Science, Causality, co-relation, correlation, General Science, Healthy Skepticism

R v Smith 1959

ernestprendergast wrote 1 month ago: Facts:  D and V are both soldiers. D bayonets V as part of a barrack-room fight and punctures his lu … more →

Tags: Criminal, homicide


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