Vladimir Putin (right) and Gerhard Schröder (left) at Kant’s grave in Kaliningrad in 2005 (FT, 2024) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. Defending Kant From His Friends and His … [continue reading]
Monthly Archives: May 2024
The Limits of Statistical Methodology: Why A “Statistically Significant” Number of Published Scientific Research Findings are False, #4.
(Ioannidis, 2005a) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Troubles in Statistical Paradise 3. A Critique of Bayesianism 4. The Limits of Probability Theory 5. Conclusion The essay that follows below will be published in four installments; this is the fourth and final installment. But you can also download and read or share a .pdf of … [continue reading]
Nebula Rasa: Exploring the Diaphanous, #6.
“Diaphanous” (2024) (Author, AI-generated via Freepik.com) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Two Suggestions about the Diaphanous 3. Historical Background 4. Cognitivism and Creativity: A Concise Overview 5. From Cognitivism to Propensity 6. The Work at Work, or, the Effective Present 7. The Diaphanous as Generative Stimulus 8. Conclusion This essay was previously published in … [continue reading]
Announcing the Publication of Borderless Philosophy 7 (2024), Special Topic Issue: “The Critical Philosophy of Digital Technology”
Borderless Philosophy 7 (2024) SPECIAL TOPIC ISSUE: “The Critical Philosophy of Digital Technology” More specifically, by “the critical philosophy of digital technology,” we mean philosophical investigation into the nature, scope, implications, and limits of digital technology—especially including “artificial intelligence,” aka AI—from a logico-semantic, metaphysical, cognitive/epistemic, moral, &/or sociopolitical point of view. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. … [continue reading]
On the Popularity of Philosophical Ideas.
(NYT, 2022) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. On the Popularity of Philosophical Ideas Ideas have never conquered the world as ideas, but only by the force they represent. … [continue reading]
The Limits of Statistical Methodology: Why A “Statistically Significant” Number of Published Scientific Research Findings are False, #3.
(Ioannidis, 2005a) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Troubles in Statistical Paradise 3. A Critique of Bayesianism 4. The Limits of Probability Theory 5. Conclusion The essay that follows below will be published in four installments; this is the third. But you can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text … [continue reading]
The Fundamental Problems of Philosophy.
(Russell, 1912/2009) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. The Fundamental Problems of Philosophy In other essays or books, I’ve discussed the nature of philosophy (Hanna, 2024a). But in this … [continue reading]
The Limits of Statistical Methodology: Why A “Statistically Significant” Number of Published Scientific Research Findings are False, #2.
(Ioannidis, 2005a) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Troubles in Statistical Paradise 3. A Critique of Bayesianism 4. The Limits of Probability Theory 5. Conclusion The essay that follows below will be published in four installments; this is the second. But you can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text … [continue reading]
Nebula Rasa: Exploring the Diaphanous, #5.
“Diaphanous” (2024) (Author, AI-generated via Freepik.com) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Two Suggestions about the Diaphanous 3. Historical Background 4. Cognitivism and Creativity: A Concise Overview 5. From Cognitivism to Propensity 6. The Work at Work, or, the Effective Present 7. The Diaphanous as Generative Stimulus 8. Conclusion This essay was previously published in … [continue reading]