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Does Admitting Spengler’s End Of Science Mean We Have To Accept Ways Of Knowing?

Let's expand a point made in the post Blish & Spengler On The End Science. Both Blish, in his summary of Spengler, and Spengler himself, said that West Civilization (in…

Philosophy

Science As Salvation?

Say there, sisters and brothers. Ever have a "peak" experience? If you know what I mean. While engaged with Science, that is. You did? Then you might of lost track…

Philosophy

Reader Question: Probability is not real in the sense that real life things are real

Anon writes: Mr. Briggs, I am trying to understand the statement in the title. It [probability] is a measure of uncertainty. It is a measure of what we know or…

Culture Philosophy

“Let Us Kill! Let Us Kill!” The Left Chants As Justice Alito Smiles On

Propagandists are celebrating. Not the possibility that ghouls calling themselves "doctors" will no longer be able to kill legally the lives inside would-be mothers---and use the dead bodies in various…

Culture Philosophy

Stars In Our Eyes, Rotting Our Minds

For the closing days of summer, I am posting every chapter of the first edition of Everything You Believe Is Wrong. My enemies ravaged the first edition, inserting typos galore…

Philosophy

Insights on Philosophy of Beauty — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor

On the eve of the greatest beauty, an essay on what beauty means. What is beauty? It may be a little complicated to define how an object, thing or person…

Philosophy

In Opposition To Scientism

Bo and Ben Winegard start their Quillette essay (thanks to K.A. Rodgers for the tip) "In Defense of Scientism" by saying "Truth is always provisional". Is that proposition true, or…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Heavens Do Not Control All

Previous post. It's not so much of a live question these days of astrological forces. Nevertheless, it used to be, and these arguments are of interest because of it. THAT…

Milton Hathaway on Women Celebrate As Their Chance To Become A Victim On Campus Just SkyrocketedApril 24, 2024
Universities are steadily becoming a poorer and poorer fit with modern educational needs, most now harming more people than they…
Briggs on Women Celebrate As Their Chance To Become A Victim On Campus Just SkyrocketedApril 24, 2024
JH, I like them, too.
JH on Women Celebrate As Their Chance To Become A Victim On Campus Just SkyrocketedApril 24, 2024
Briggs, those words are sweeping statements. Garbage. Let me not waste more time.
Cary D Cotterman on Women Celebrate As Their Chance To Become A Victim On Campus Just SkyrocketedApril 24, 2024
Girls being shortchanged and discriminated against in school is a myth. When I was a boy in U.S. public school,…
Briggs on Women Celebrate As Their Chance To Become A Victim On Campus Just SkyrocketedApril 24, 2024
JH, Here's the whole quote (saved by a mutual). Riker would approve: