(Russell, 1912/2009) In “The Eleven Fundamental Problems of Philosophy and How to Solve The Hyper-Fundamental Problem,” Robert Hanna formulates a list of the eleven fundamental problems of philosophy, then identifies one of them–the problem of rational anthropology: what is the nature, meaning or purpose, and value of individual and collective rational human existence in a … [continue reading]

(Carreau, 2015) 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. Against the Physicists, #1: On the Non-Conservation of Energy in the Curved Einsteinian  Dogma 1. Introduction In physics, it is commonly … [continue reading]

(Williams, 2021) In “Can Philosophers Change Their Minds” Robert Hanna argues that as many as 99% of all contemporary professional academic philosophers, after they’ve completed their PhD dissertations, as much as 99% of the time don’t read anything outside their AOS, as much as 99% of the time don’t work on anything outside their AOS, … [continue reading]

(Physics Explained, 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. Feynman’s Light Path Integral Mirage: Why “All Possible Paths” for Photons is a Mathematical Illusion That Academic Professional Philosophy Lets … [continue reading]

“The Death of Socrates by Means of the APA,” by Q (APP, 2013a), after “The Death of Socrates,” by Jacques-Louis David (1787) In “Philosophia Longa, Vita Brevis,” Robert Hanna correspondingly argues that philosophia longa, vita brevis. That neologized Latin aphorism means: “philosophy is long, life is short.” Of course, Hanna riffing on the classical aphorism … [continue reading]

(Musser, 2023) 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 Burnt Book and  Black Hole Paradox: Why Susskind’s Information Paradox is Nonsense Leonard Susskind loves to tell a story about … [continue reading]

(Mabel, 2007)[ii] PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS #1: Introduction #2: From Astrology to “Artificial Intelligence” #3: Patterns and Algorithms #4: Extending Algorithms #5: Enumeration and Incompleteness #6: Changing the Vantage Point #7: The Creativity Hypothesis #8: Data and Gödel Numbers You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by … [continue reading]

 Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)  Timothy Williamson (1955-present) In “Kant, Williamson, and the Future of Analytic Philosophy,” Robert Hanna points out that it’s a truth not generally acknowledged, that all Anglo-American-&-European philosophy since Kant—i.e., since the end of the 18th century—is post-Kantian. This is of course trivially true, in that all Anglo-American-&-European philosophy since the end of … [continue reading]

(Andersen, 2020) 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 icon. When Space and Time Dissolve: The Challenge to Mechanistic Thinking 1. Introduction Classical mechanism, based in Newton’s physics and developed during … [continue reading]

(Wikimedia Commons, 2026) Literacy emerged in Sumeria roughly 5500 years ago, but the emergence of philosophy in ancient Greece roughly 2500 years ago seems to have been closely bound up with the emergence of the first alphabetic writing-&-reading system there in the 8th century BCE (Rayner et al., 2012: ch. 2). Certainly, in the 6th … [continue reading]