People often wonder where the cultural explosion came from. It seems art, and advanced tools, and richer language and cultures seemed to pop up out of nowhere...
We appear to be in the Ayn Rand centenary year. Nothing much has been said in Australia but some of the libertarian lists are humming with discordant views...
... pop ... This is an appealing story, but I fear that it would be practically impossible to test its historical accuracy. Proto-Indo-European, the...
The following is only a selection. For the complete article follow the link given at the end. ... READING THE MIND OF MR. MARKET By Mark Tier In 1949 - having...
A prolonged exchange on the History and Philosophy of Science (HOPOS) discussion group raised a number of issues under the heading of Science Wars and also...
I'm reposting the following message, with the permission of the writer, from one of Yahoo Group's libertarian forums (LibertyProspects). As I wrote to him, I...
The International Herald Tribune currently has an article arguing fundamentalism in America is harming science, and that Europe has now possibly overtaken...
May I observe that there is a 'fundamental' condition to all human perception (and we are unable to talk from any other), namely that of dichotomy. Since then...
Hi Graeme, Let me make three comments. 1. Haven't logicians experimented with a form of logic where there are more than two values (truth and falsity)? I...
Mr Dioguardi or whom ever might be able to help me with Tarski's theory of truth? Before anyone rushes to help me with my problem. I would like to advise you ...
A good source of information on Tarski and all sorts of matters is Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarski>. Following the links in the text will ...
Here's an open invitation to participate in an active, eclectic, commercial-free philosophy forum. To foster the free exchange of ideas posting is by...
G¹day Matthew, thank you for finding the time to reply: What I had hoped to convey, was the observation that all human observation is essentially dichotomous...
Graeme, I'm not entirely clear on how much exposure you've had to critical rationalism. I once knew someone who compared CRists to the "Baptists" of the...
Thank you once again Matt, for the depth of thought you apply to your commentary. I have not had a great deal of Œexposure¹ to Critical Rationalism....
Graeme Moyse, With regard to your four points of response to Matt, I have a few comments. 1. We are in agreement about the importance of countering the ...
Graeme, I'm going to number my points so that they correspond with your own. 1. I'm glad we are *both* concerned about apparent dogmatism that *some* advocates...
Hi Tracy, good of you to respond. In reply to your cogent comments: 1. The bad consequences to which I referred are both values derived (i.e. Arise out of...
List members may be interested in a couple of posts that I put up on a local blog. This one disputes the view that is widespread in some quarters, that Laktos...
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Hey all, I posted something about ontology to see if anyone could poke any holes in what I've said. The actual goal of that article is to lay the foundation...
... I don't have a critical review or anything (I know, how lame), but I thought I'd just say your blog is one of the two (the other's is a pal) that subscribe...
... You say CR says 1. Find a problem 2. Invent a solution 3. Find a problem in the solution 4. Invent a better solution 5. Repeat at step 3 When you come up...
Hey folks, New to the list, and thought I would add a brief comment on this brief statement. Forgive me if I have taken it to far out of its context. ... ...
All, I think I will have to throw some support behind Larry's argument and go one step further. It would seem that basic questioning would be one of the...
Sheldon Baker has apparently revived an old thread here, concerning the question of certainty. In reviewing what I'd said below, and Gordon Sollars' response...
The owner of the blog Conjectures and Refutations has kindly allowed me to use some of this bandwidth to do a slow read of some some papers in the collection...
Greetings from Sydney I am planning to send out a mail to my Vienna Conference mailing list and other friends of Popper and critical rationalism to circulate...
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