What about the system that takes as an axiom that there are self-evident truths? And why, oh why, don’t they teach them philosophy in these schools? They could start with Aristotle’s Organon.… more →
Platitudes in Stained-glass Attitudesbunthorne wrote 5 months ago: What about the system that takes as an axiom that there are self-evident truths? And why, oh why, do … more →
bunthorne wrote 5 months ago: Psychologists have discovered that humans in general – and children in particular – exhibit three in … more →
bunthorne wrote 8 months ago: Suppose I want to evaluate the probability, given the state of my knowledge, of a certain propositio … more →
bunthorne wrote 1 year ago: In an earlier post, I wrote regarding my use of the masculine pronoun with an indefinite antecedent: … more →
bunthorne wrote 1 year ago: Non scripsi iam diu, partim quia cogito adhuc de subiecto priori, et partim quia desidiosus sum. Lae … more →