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Category: Miscellany
Intelligent Design
A public service announcement: an article on "intelligent design" from the National Center for Science Education. I’m posting this link due to Leiter’s suggestion that we use… Read more “Intelligent Design”
Eye Evolution
Neither philosophical nor linguistic, but cool nonetheless: the European Molecular Biology Lab is reporting on their account of the evolution of the human eye. In the nifty… Read more “Eye Evolution”
PhOnline
Just in case you haven’t yet seen this at another philosophy blog, Richard Heck has set up a searchable database of online philosophy at Philosophy Papers Online.… Read more “PhOnline”
Apologies
I’ve had a unintended and rather long hiatus from blogging — but I think I’ve got my ducks in a row now. In any case, apologies to… Read more “Apologies”
Digital Rights Management
Just wanted to recommend this talk that Cory Doctorow of the EFF gave to the Microsoft Research Group on the subject of copyright and digital protection of… Read more “Digital Rights Management”
Language Thugs
I’ve been seeing this quote on message board signatures a lot: English doesn’t borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for… Read more “Language Thugs”
AFK
Your host will be driving around NZ with a host of family members for the next month, so blogging will stop being light and become non-existent. See… Read more “AFK”
Lind, Singer, and the Blogosphere
Apparently Paglia isn’t the only person who doesn’t think highly of the level of intellectual rigour of the average blogger. Michael Lind’s review of Peter Singer’s book… Read more “Lind, Singer, and the Blogosphere”
Blogs and argument
I just stumbled over Camille Paglia Magic of Images (via the excellent Arts and Letters Daily), in which she comments that: The computer, with its multiplying forums… Read more “Blogs and argument”