(Britannica, 2025) 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. Everybody is Already Here: A Neo-Kantian Solution to the Fermi Paradox According to a weak version of Immanuel Kant’s doctrine of … [continue reading]
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The Fermi Delusion: Why Aliens Haven’t Called and Probably Never Will.
(SETI Institute, 2025) 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 Fermi Delusion: Why Aliens Haven’t Called and Probably Never Will 1. Introduction The Fermi Paradox—why do we see no … [continue reading]
Can Philosophers Change Their Minds?
(Williams, 2021) 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. Can Philosophers Change Their Minds? Can philosophers change their minds? A friend of mine in graduate school used to say that … [continue reading]
On Fundamental Philosophical Disagreements and How to Resolve Them.
(Lewandowsky et al., 2012: p. 122) You can download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. On Fundamental Philosophical Disagreements and How to Resolve Them Philosophy seeks to correct partial views and complete fragmentary experience … [continue reading]
Consciousness and the Natural Universe.
“The Sower,” by Vincent Van Gogh (1888-1889) 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. Consciousness and the Natural Universe As your eyes scanned down from the title of this essay … [continue reading]
What is Human Knowledge? Categorical Normativity and Categorical Epistemology, #2.
Grand Central Station, New York City (circa 1930) The essay below will be published in two installments; this is the second. You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay, including the list of REFERENCES, by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on … [continue reading]
What is Human Knowledge? Categorical Normativity and Categorical Epistemology, #1.
Grand Central Station, New York City (circa 1930) The essay below will be published in two installments; this is the first. You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay, including the list of REFERENCES, by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on … [continue reading]
Not All Animals are Equal.
(Bulb, 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. Not All Animals are Equal If a being suffers, there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering … [continue reading]
The Problem of Evil and Radical Agnosticism.
“Prüfung/Test,” by Edith Breckwoldt (Hamburg DE, 2004) (Author’s photograph, 2019) 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 Problem of Evil and Radical Agnosticism What do you believe is the … [continue reading]
Il Faut Cultiver Notre Jardin.
(ILDC, 2025) 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. Il Faut Cultiver Notre Jardin The history of [Candide’s] world-famous phrase, which serves as the book’s conclusion—il faut cultiver notre jardin—is … [continue reading]