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Does “Anything Go” if the Facts Don’t Entail Our Theories?

Does the underdetermination thesis have anything to do with the world outside of physics?… Well, postmodernist, poststructuralist, etc…

1d ago

Does “Anything Go” if the Facts Don’t Entail Our Theories?

1d ago

David Ray Griffin’s Postmodernist Disenchantment With Science

Despite the title above, David Ray Griffin (who was an American professor of the philosophy of religion and theology) claimed that he…

Apr 9

David Ray Griffin’s Postmodernist Disenchantment With Science

Apr 9

Did Richard Rorty Grow Bored With Philosophy?

The word “bored” above is only slightly rhetorical. Some commentators have said that Richard Rorty was “anti-philosophy” too. His defenders…

Apr 4

Did Richard Rorty Grow Bored With Philosophy?

Apr 4

There Are No Relativists!

This essay focuses on relativism as it relates to truth. The central argument is that when you scratch off the surface skin of a…

Mar 30

There Are No Relativists!

Mar 30

Truth, According to Analytic Philosophers, and as Seen By a Historian

This isn’t a commentary on the theories of truth as they’re expounded by analytic philosophers: it’s a commentary on Felipe Fernández…

Mar 24

Truth, According to Analytic Philosophers, and as Seen By a Historian

Mar 24

A Critic of Postmodernists, Constructivists, Feminists, Etc. Goes Too Far

This essay is a response to Mario Bunge’s paper ‘In Praise of Intolerance to Charlatanism in Academia’ (1996). This paper is certainly…

Mar 20

A Critic of Postmodernists, Constructivists, Feminists, Etc. Goes Too Far

Mar 20

Of Course Science Is a “Social Construction”!

This essay at least partially bounces off the title (though not the content) of a book called The Social Construction of What?, by the…

Mar 16

Of Course Science Is a “Social Construction”!

Mar 16

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Paul Austin Murphy’s Essays on Philosophy

Did Saul Kripke Really Imagine Disembodied Pain?

Much has been said about the use of the imagination in philosophy. You find imaginative thought experiments all over the place…

Mar 13

Did Saul Kripke Really Imagine Disembodied Pain?

Mar 13

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Paul Austin Murphy’s Essays on Philosophy

Problems With the Faithful Disciples of Wittgenstein

This essay will concentrate on a paper written by the English-American philosopher Gordon Park Baker. He is (or was) an influential…

Mar 10

Problems With the Faithful Disciples of Wittgenstein

Mar 10

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Paul Austin Murphy’s Essays on Philosophy

A Few Problems with the “Magic” of Emergence and Supervenience

It’s been argued that the concepts of supervenience and emergence lack “explanatory power”. They’ve even been classed as “magic” (e.g., by…

Mar 7

A Few Problems with the “Magic” of Emergence and Supervenience

Mar 7

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