6 days ago by Amit Majmudar

The senses are overrated. It’s natural we should rate their authority so highly. What else do we know? Still, a corrective is long overdue. The human retina can perceive only a narrow spectrum of light, the visible wavelengths between… Continue reading →

The Kenyon Review » Blog - kenyonreview.org · Rank: 7,881 · 41 references

10 days ago by chris

Thinking empirically is deriving knowledge and assumptions from experience, experiment, and perceptual evidence. Its thinking for practice and use in the real world. Here are some Wise Quotes for empirical thinking by some very smart men: Praxis “ In theory, there is no difference between theory and ...

Pennsylvania Echoes - echopen.wordpress.com · 15 references

11 days ago by Phineas Fahrquar

Today’s a busy day, but I wanted to share three stories that, taken together, almost make one feel sorry for those who cling bitterly to their faith in the fraud that is anthropogenic global warming …er… dangerous man-caused climate change …no, wait… extreme weather events that are really our fault ...

Public Secrets - pubsecrets.wordpress.com · Rank: 26,398 · 102 references

11 days ago by Rowan Luis

“And although I have seen nothing but black crows in my life, it doesn't mean that there's no such thing as a white crow. Both for a philosopher and for a scientist it can be important not to reject the possibility of finding a white crow. You might almost say that hunting for 'the white crow' is sc ...

Call Me A Lyre... - rowanluis.blogspot.com

13 days ago by c g garant

Scientism is a belief system. Scientism describes the belief in the power of science as a method and technique to obtain knowledge. In order for science to be a facilitator for the acquisition of knowledge observations must be put to a test. A hypothesis is typically proposed and systematic observat ...

The Design Paradigm - thedesignparadigm.net

36 days ago by Phil

Where does infinity begin? I don't know what that question means, but I have been enjoying David Deutsch's Beginning of Infinity. He has harsh words for classical Empiricism (as do we Radical Empiricists) and other species of "bad philosophy" that by his reckoning deny the possibility of progress. A ...

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38 days ago by befuddled2

No, still not my abortion blog yet (gee, it better be a good one after stringing this out so long). However I had another thought about an argument against atheism that I thought I would briefly address. It is: Atheism takes as much faith as theism. Part of the basis for this claim (and I acknowledg ...

Bad Atheist - badatheist.wordpress.com

46 days ago by Don Sizemore, LCSW

I am a believer in Jesus Christ so everything that touches my life is passed through the prism of Jesus. This is often a troubling or bothersome process. It would be so much simpler just to accept things like theories on human behavior, social trends, and of course lifestyle choices on their own mer ...

Interweave - interweave.wordpress.com

48 days ago by Mr. socks

The White Hairs - thewhitehairs.blogspot.com

52 days ago by telescoper

I’ve just finished reading (and writing a review of) a funny little book about quantum mechanics called Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner. I won’t repeat the review here for fear of copyright infringement, but I will say that, somewhat to my surpris ...

In the Dark - telescoper.wordpress.com · Rank: 86,352 · 185 references