Category Archives: General Science
Why anti science?
Over the past few decades there has been an increasingly negative attitude by governments, pundits, religiosi and faux philosophers against science. We have seen an increase in denialism about climate change (one of the most well supported scientific models of … Continue reading
Drama, journalism and science
Recently the Jonah Lehrer scandal was raised again when he was paid $20,000 to speak on his journalistic dishonesty by the Knight Foundation. I cynically noted on Twitter that being honest and as accurate as I could be netted me … Continue reading
Posted by in education, General Science, Journalism, Politics, Pop culture, Rant, Truisms
Classification and the DSM
More from my forthcoming book with Malte Ebach. Last post for the year, folks. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders This text, known by its acronym the DSM (-I, -II-, III or -IV, and -V due in 2013), … Continue reading
Posted by in Epistemology, General Science, history, Natural Classification
Classification and the periodic table
It might be thought that classification in the special and historical sciences is occasionally atheoretical, but that in the general sciences, physics and chemistry, it is derived from Theory. But in fact one of the most exemplary cases of empirical … Continue reading
Posted by in General Science, history, Natural Classification, Philosophy, science
Begging questions about philosophy, science and everything else
Those who know me well take great care not to say (at least when I am in earshot) “That begs the question…” and mean by that “That raises the question…”, or else they will get a dissertation delivered for a period … Continue reading
Posted by in General Science, Logic and philosophy, Philosophy, Rant, science