Tag: Aristotle
Redness Reconsidered: Materialism, Universals, and Abstract Objects of Thought
The question about the material/immaterial nature of abstract thought is crucial to the debate over the plausibility of materialism.
#5 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Of Course You Aren’t Living in a Computer Simulation. Here’s Why.
Atheist astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes the idea seriously.
“Fake News” Isn’t a Phony Concept, as Media and Wikipedia Coverage of Intelligent Design Shows
The interesting psychological issue here turns upon the question of whether these people are deliberately lying or not.
Email Correspondence with University Dean Reveals Stonewalling Behind Latest Anti-ID Censorship
Whether the context is Wikipedia or the academic scene on the Iberian Peninsula, the scientific “consensus” on ID is maintained by shutting down debate and silencing scholarship.
DNA, Information, and Aristotle’s Nobel Prize
Max Delbrück (1906-1981) was a biophysicist and Nobel laureate who made seminal discoveries in the DNA-based replication of viruses.