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Introduction Last night I went to go see a good friend of mine perform for his second time at an open mic comedy night. I went primarily to support him and secondarily hoping to be entertained. Although both of these goals were achieved (the latter, perhaps less so) I emerged from the club very unsettled and […]
Read More Racism, Comedy, Free Speech, and BuddhismPreambleHere’s a paper I maked for filosofy of sciences class. i maked it myself.There’s an inside joke with my professor Dr. J. Brown that needs some explaining to understand part of this paper. Every time he uses hypotheticals he always says “I could have come to class in a bear suit”. Anyway, the grad students […]
Read More Realism vs. Antirealism on Theoretical Entities: Maxwell vs van FraassenNotes and Thoughts on Arguments Concerning Scientific RealismSummarizing quote: “The rigour of science requires that we distinguish well the undraped figure of nature itself from the gay-coloured (heh!heh!he said “gay”) vesture with which we clothe it at our pleasure.”–Heinrich Hertz quoted by Ludwig Boltzmann, in turn quoted by Van Fraassen, in turn quoted by me.PreambleIn […]
Read More Realism vs. Anti-Realism 2: Arguments Concerning Scientific Realism by Bas Van FraassenNotes and Thoughts on “The Ontological Status of Theoretical Entities” by Grover MaxwellPreambleOne of the big debates in philosophy of science is between realists and anti-realist. Although there are many types of each, generally speaking we can say that realists think that our theories describe real entities while the anti-realist don’t. Here’s an example […]
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Wrestling with Philosophy 