Category Archives: Philosophy for Bloggers

Dark webs

Posted on May 15, 2018 by

I’ve been trying to think of what to say about this New York Times articles discussing an alliance of heretics, and I’ve been struggling. I think it’s important to have people who challenge the orthodoxy, and who express views that … Continue reading →

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Five years

Posted on April 13, 2018 by

Turns out today is the fifth anniversary of me starting this blog. It’s been an interesting journey and I feel that I should reflect on what I’ve done, what I’ve learned, what I would have done differently, and what I’m … Continue reading →

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Jordan Peterson speaks the truth

Posted on November 4, 2017 by

I may, justifiably, be accused of this post having a clickbait title. What it refers to, though, is a youtube debate between Philip Moriarty (a Physics Professor at the University of Nottingham) and Fred McVittie (whose credentials I, unfortunately, do … Continue reading →

Posted in ethics, Philosophy for Bloggers, Pseudoscience, Research, Science, The philosophy of science, The scientific method | Tagged , , , , , , , | 405 Comments

The Portable POMO

Posted on September 10, 2017 by

Five paragraphs from Michel Foucault ought to be enough to dig POMO. Let’s take those that start his concluding remarks to the Seminar Discourse and Truth: the Problematization of Parrhesia. Parrhesia refers to the act of speaking candidly: My intention was … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom Fighters, Philosophy for Bloggers, The philosophy of science, The scientific method | Tagged , | 146 Comments