Monday, 15 August 2022
A Platonist Take on the A Priori and the Analytic?
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The philosopher Anthony Quinton expressed an “anti-conventionalist” (or Platonist) position on the analytic when he wrote: “There is a non-...
Friday, 12 August 2022
Physics is Pythagorean: A Case For Ontic Structural Realism
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One Pythagorean position on physics is summed up by the ontic structural realists James Ladyman and Don Ross: “Mathematical entities such as...
Sunday, 7 August 2022
Scientific Theories Don’t Need To Be True
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The philosopher Ernan McMullin didn’t believe that the “acceptance of a scientific theory [also] involves the belief that it is true”. Moreo...
Thursday, 4 August 2022
Why Richard Feynman (the Superstar Physicist) Hated Philosophy and Philosophers
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Richard Feynman called philosophy “low-level baloney ” and philosophers “pompous fools” who make “stupid remarks” . He also said that “cock...
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