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Category Archives: Philosophy

The philosophy of science, empiricism, a priori reasoning, epistemology, and so on.

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Woman To Marry Fairground Ride. A New Sexual ‘Orientation’?

Posted on 3 May 2013 by Briggs

I want you to tell me exactly why Amy Wolfe, a 33-year-old “US church organist”, can’t marry her favorite roller coaster. You heard me. Roller coaster—an “80ft gondola ride.” Exactly, now. No fair saying, “It’s illegal”. Same-sex “marriage” is illegal … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Philosophy

Applied Ethics: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part VIII

Posted on 29 April 2013 by Briggs

Read Part VI. Remember, we’re doing summaries of summaries here; only bare sketches are possible. Buy his book for more detail. Question VIII is Applied Ethics. Time to get dirty! Article 1: Whether there is a moral obligation to worship … Continue reading →

Posted in Book review, Philosophy

Subjective Versus Objective Bayes (Versus Frequentism): Part I

Posted on 28 April 2013 by Briggs

Definitions We first have to define what subjectivity and objectivity are and from these see what happens. For those unused to reading long stretches of prose, here is the conclusion, which will be proved in due time: Like in The … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Statistics

General Ethics: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part VII

Posted on 25 April 2013 by Briggs

Read Part VI. Remember, we’re doing summaries of summaries here; only bare sketches are possible. Buy his book for more detail. Question VII is fun: General Ethics. That morality really exists and such forth. Specific rules follow next time. Article … Continue reading →

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