(Hossenfelder, 2024) You can also down;oad 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 Epistemological Crisis of Contemporary Physics: Beyond Systematic Coherence 1. Introduction Contemporary physics faces a profound epistemological crisis that extends far … [continue reading]
A Turd in the Punchbowl: Initial Thoughts on Christoph Shuringa’s “A Social History of Analytic Philosophy,” Or, An Epigone Crashes the Party, #13–Michael Dummett.
(Schuringa, 2025) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. The Myth of Socially Disconnected Analytic Philosophy 3. The Death of Moritz Schlick 4. The Vienna Circle Takes On the German Philosophical Society 5. Otto Neurath 6. Rudoph Carnap 7. Hans Hahn 8. Philipp Frank 9. Edgar Zilsel 10. Rose Rand 11. Susan Stebbing 12. Russell and … [continue reading]
Philosophical Rigor as Rigor Mortis, Or, How to Write a Publishable Paper Without Even Having to Think: A Podcast.
(Costa-Gavras, 1969) An earlier and exclusively online version of the essay, “Philosophical Rigor as Rigor Mortis, Or, How to Write a Publishable Paper Without Even Having to Think,” was written and published in 2015 by the pseudonymous independent philosopher Z (aka, Robert Hanna), hence it appeared roughly five years prior to the “invasion of the … [continue reading]
A Turd in the Punchbowl: Initial Thoughts on Christoph Shuringa’s “A Social History of Analytic Philosophy,” Or, An Epigone Crashes the Party, #12–Russell and Moore.
(Schuringa, 2025) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. The Myth of Socially Disconnected Analytic Philosophy 3. The Death of Moritz Schlick 4. The Vienna Circle Takes On the German Philosophical Society 5. Otto Neurath 6. Rudoph Carnap 7. Hans Hahn 8. Philipp Frank 9. Edgar Zilsel 10. Rose Rand 11. Susan Stebbing 12. Russell and … [continue reading]
Philosophy and “A Complete Appreciation of The Usual”: A Podcast.
“Whitehall From Charing Cross” (ca. 1899) by Herbert Menzies Marshall (Leithauser, 2021) In his essay “Philosophy and ‘A Complete Appreciation of the Usual’,” Robert Hanna begins with Henry James’s insightful remark that Anthony Trollope’s “great … [and] inestimable merit” as a novelist was “a complete appreciation of the usual.” By “the usual,” in this context, … [continue reading]
The Epistemological Circularity of the “No Information Transfer” Defense: How Shannon Came to the Rescue of Special Relativity.
Claude Shannon 1916-2001 (Tse, 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 tab. The Epistemological Circularity of the “No Information Transfer” Defense: How Shannon Came to the Rescue of Special Relativity … [continue reading]
A Turd in the Punchbowl: Initial Thoughts on Christoph Shuringa’s “A Social History of Analytic Philosophy,” Or, An Epigone Crashes the Party, #11–Susan Stebbing.
(Schuringa, 2025) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. The Myth of Socially Disconnected Analytic Philosophy 3. The Death of Moritz Schlick 4. The Vienna Circle Takes On the German Philosophical Society 5. Otto Neurath 6. Rudoph Carnap 7. Hans Hahn 8. Philipp Frank 9. Edgar Zilsel 10. Rose Rand 11. Susan Stebbing 12. Russell and … [continue reading]
Space and Place: A Podcast.
Figure 1: The Cosmic Rubber Sheet Torus (Wikimedia, 2012) Figure 2: (Coughlin et al., 2018) In “Space and Place” Robert Hanna asks the question “what is the nature of space?,” and answers it in terms of (i) Kant’s theory of the transcendental ideality of space, (ii) our representation of egocentrically-centered place, which grounds our representation … [continue reading]
Bang Goes the Big Bang: Orbital Mechanics, Structural Failures, and Degenerative Cosmology.
(Wikipedia, 2026) 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. Bang Goes the Big Bang: Orbital Mechanics, Structural Failures, and Degenerative Cosmology 1. Introduction The Big Bang model dominates contemporary cosmology, … [continue reading]
A Turd in the Punchbowl: Initial Thoughts on Christoph Shuringa’s “A Social History of Analytic Philosophy,” Or, An Epigone Crashes the Party, #10–Rose Rand.
(Schuringa, 2025) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. The Myth of Socially Disconnected Analytic Philosophy 3. The Death of Moritz Schlick 4. The Vienna Circle Takes On the German Philosophical Society 5. Otto Neurath 6. Rudoph Carnap 7. Hans Hahn 8. Philipp Frank 9. Edgar Zilsel 10. Rose Rand 11. Susan Stebbing 12. Russell and … [continue reading]