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Tales in a subdued palette of chestnut and white
10/01/28
Charles Sander Peirce observed that it's a poor bet to insist that science will never be able to solve some question. Make the bet, he says, and[t]he likelihood is that it will be solved long before you could have dreamed possible. Think of Auguste Comte who when asked to name any thing that co -
Grue on a Tuesday
10/01/26
My copy of Philosophy of Science* arrived today, and I've just read Ingemar Nordin's "Technology and Goodman's Paradox." The central claim of the article is that the problem of induction is primarily an issue about whether or not to believe theories and so does not arise for -
Contents may settle during shipping
10/01/25
Matt asks about the contents of the recently released New Waves in Philosophy of Science. Amazon has a preview for other books in the series, but not this one yet. I'm sure it will in due time, but here's the list of contributions anyway:
1. Juha Saatsi, Form vs. Content-driven -
Book and Pitt
10/01/24
Two brief items of note.
1. New Waves in Philosophy of Science, a volume of new essays that I coedited with Jacob Busch, has now been published. The link is to the Amazon page.
2. I've been invited to be a visiting fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science in Pittsbur -
It's only a question
10/01/06
[A couple of months ago, I was invited to join the giant group blog It's Only a Theory. This post is the first one since then that's been suitable for that venue, so I've cross posted.]
Although there is not consensus about what would make a natural kind natural, most tradi
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