Advanced Histories of Philosophy
Some excellent histories of philosophy, from what I am told by good authority. I have known about those of Windelband for decades; I need to …
Comments To A Podcast Interview of Dr. Grandin
Here are some comments I left, on 9Jan2023, to the YouTube video of the episode “Autism, Academics, and Animals | Dr. Temple Grandin | EP …
Method Matters: All Human Reasoning Must Be Placed Second to Direct Experience
Have more confidence in your own ideas than in reality at your own peril. And that of others. We need a passionate commitment to the …
Pigs: An Immunological Cousin
Biology and evolution are fascinating. And so is history: some ancient peoples had prescriptions against eating pork; nowadays we know why. And I think, if …
Sounds Like an SAT Reading
In “This strange marine creature has an immune system remarkably similar to ours: Golden star tunicate could help scientists uncover new approaches for preventing organ …
Etymology of “Condolences” and More
Interesting etymology (but it’s not related to “redolent,” about which see below). Condolence. Prefixes. Hmm. Disdolence? Abdolence? Addolence? Redolence? Retrodolence? Obdolence? Sedolence? Indolence? Pendolence? Perdolence? …