My New Book! (Well, Was In August 2018)
Great edition of Walden: it has annotations to help explain the dense work.
Philosophy
Vaccines: Pro or Con?
To make good decisions and recommendations regarding vaccines, and before we are pro or con, we should understand them. And that means vknowing the essence …
Some Philosophy of Science
“Science, indeed, is nothing more than the conceptual unravelling of sensory data; it has no other primary evidence from which to proceed.” —Dr. Leonard Peikoff
In Life, Don’t Stand Still
Learning implies change. Change requires adaptability. Driving them all is an awareness of and passion for human life on this great earth.
Biology Matters: Vultures Help Keep Our Environment and Neighborhoods Clean
Vultures keep our environment and neighborhood clean. They help prevent rabies, plague, anthrax. They help keep our water clean. For free! No “gas footprint” and …
Aristotle on Epistemology
“Nothing [valid] is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.” –Aristotle/St. Thomas Aquinas. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripatetic_axiomSee also: https://books.google.com/books/about/Metaphysics_Aristotle.html?id=5bsdRyz5nZ4CThis is a basic principle that should …
Thoughts on Consciousness — And Therefore the Philosophy of Education
Consciousness is functional, it is a “tool.” It is not some sort of learning machine detached from survival and biology. Consciousness is identification — identification …
Logic is Fundamental
To be a better writer, a better scientist, a better businessperson, a better athlete, become a better thinker. To become a better thinker, study logic. Don’t …