Tag: Charles Sanders Peirce
Correcting a Cartoon Version of Alfred Russel Wallace
Was Darwin a Nazi? Of course not. But did his ideas form a causal nexus via Galton to ideas that would be integrated into Nazi policy? Yes.
For a Change, Science Writers Think Critically About Science
They can be quite interesting when they allow themselves to play around with ideas a bit.
God Hypothesis: The Problem of Background Knowledge
The wet-washcloth sensation of puppy tongue on baby cheeks is part of the baby’s evidence that Puppy exists.
Social Darwinism: The Wallace Factor
Ideas do indeed have consequences, but not all ideas play out the same way or weave their way in the history of ideas toward the same destination.