Dead Philosophers Society Bible Software Contest

Richard Birdsall, deadphilosopherssociety.com
2012-06-01 16:37:43

A HACS student invites everyone to enter a contest to win a copy of Logos Bible Software , Catholic Scholars Edition. This software is a remarkable collection, retailing at more than $700. Follow the link below to enter the ...

An Error -Statistical Philosophy of Evidence (PH500, LSE Seminar ...

Mayo, errorstatistics.com
2012-05-25 02:42:52

Frequentists have long been in a kind of exile when it comes to statistical philosophy . The line is that only personalistic Bayesianism had a shot at respectable philosophical foundations. This may now be changing. Perhaps ...

Philosophers ' Playground: Should Computers Be Allowed on the ...

Steve G, philosophersplayground.blogspot.com
2012-05-23 09:20:00

Laptops and i Pads are now used extensively in sports. From scouting to playbooks, like everything else it is all going electronic. If allowed during games, coaches and players could analyze opponents' tendencies and pick up ...

The Uses of Object-Oriented Ontology | stunlaw

David Berry, stunlaw.blogspot.com
2012-05-25 12:39:00

Object-oriented ontologists argue that we must no longer make the correlationist error of privileging the being of humans within ontology, instead moving to a 'democracy of objects' (see Bryant 2011). In this, they ... We might also note that the term object-oriented philosophy has knowingly borrowed its label from object-oriented programming, a method of structured computer software design and programming. I suspect that ... Page 59: doors, toasters and computers ...

Experimental Philosophy : The Two Sources of Moral Standing

Justin Sytsma, experimentalphilosophy.typepad.com
2012-06-01 18:31:56

Philosophers have largely been of two minds about the question of moral standing: One tradition emphasizes Experience (the capacity to feel pain and pleasure), the other emphasizes Agency (complexity of cognition and lifestyle). Edouard ... Error type: Your comment has been saved. Comments are moderated and will not appear until approved by the author. Post another comment. The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. Please try again.

aseigo: founding philosophers

Aaron J. Seigo, aseigo.blogspot.com
2012-05-01 13:09:00

The concepts embodied by this breed of idealistic pragmatist were inspired by the writing, public speaking and thinking of the Free software philosophers . Richard Stallman and his organization, the FSF, was a center of gravity ...

Electronic Philosopher : David Hume's two definitions of 'cause'

Geoffrey Klempner, electronicphilosopher.blogspot.com
2012-05-25 19:30:00

Electronic Philosopher . "Some of the most precious documents we possess about the Modern philosophers such as Descartes and Leibniz are the letters they wrote. To all and sundry. People who were asking them about their philosophy . Students they took on... And.. ... So, the task for Hume is to provide an error theory, an explanation of why we falsely believe in a necessary connection, in addition to his analysis of causal necessity. He is providing an explanation of ...

Can we all say goodbye to phenomenal concepts now? - The ...

Marcus Arvan, philosopherscocoon.typepad.com
2012-05-31 17:58:39

A safe and supportive forum for early-career philosophers . (Email ' ' to become a contributor). Home · Archives · Profile · Subscribe. Contributors. Brad Cokelet (Assistant Professor -- University of Miami) · Justin ...

A Catholic View: St. Justin

Christine, acatholicview.blogspot.com
2012-06-01 08:30:00

He found in them only deceitful wisdom and error . He received the light of heaven from a venerable old man, who was a stranger to him, and embraced the philosophy of the true Christian faith. Henceforth he had the books of ...

Aliens to Armoires: Philosophical Carpentry | Words in Space

Shannon, wordsinspace.net
2012-05-29 06:09:51

The things of philosophy rarely explain how philosophy happens; philosophical objects typically written texts aren't meant to embody the practice or process of philosophy (although there are lots of examples of creatively designed scholarly books, novels, poetry collections, etc., whose form manifests an aesthetic or ... Software and the computers that run it are often thought of as sentient, as having a logic. ... An error has occurred; the feed is probably down.

Feast of Justin Martyr Calls For a New Generation of Apologists to ...

admin, marianews.com
2012-06-01 21:51:04

While some Christians in Justin's day were hesitant about engaging the philosophers in debate or even speaking of the Christian Faith within a philosophical framework, Justin became one of the first apologists of the Church. He openly addressed the ... Justin said: I have tried to learn about every system, but I have accepted the true doctrines of the Christians, though these are not approved by those who are held fast by error . The prefect Rusticus said: Are those ...

perl: software needs philosophers

perl, community.livejournal.com
2006-05-16 21:22:26

software needs philosophers 6/04/ software -needs- philosophers .html and p/software_phil.html.

Philosophers ' Playground: Can You Really Own a Position?

Steve G, philosophersplayground.blogspot.com
2012-06-01 13:50:00

One Part Sandbox, One Part Soapbox: An on-going game of intellectual tag concerning ethics, science, politics, and all topics philosophical ... The Grateful Dead and Philosophy : Getting High-Minded about Love and Haight ...

Is It Art? prophilosophy

prophilosophy, prophilosophy.wordpress.com
2012-06-01 18:35:47

What used to be a philosophical question is now being settled by judges, reports the Wall Street Journal here. The conundrums judges face when it comes to art are often no less perplexing than the ancient philosophical paradox of Theseus' ship. Imagine a ... ancient philosophical paradox of Theseus' ship. Imagine a ship that is prized because it was sailed by the hero Theseus. Over the years, its caretakers carefully repair it by replacing worn planks and woodwork.

Comedy Hour at the Bayesian (Epistemology) Retreat: Highly ...

Mayo, errorstatistics.com
2012-05-05 18:11:55

Bayesian philosophers (among others) have analogous versions of the criticism in my April 28 blogpost: error probabilities (associated with inferences to hypotheses) may conflict with chosen posterior probabilities in ...

Natural theology, natural science, and the philosophy of nature

Edward Feser, edwardfeser.blogspot.com
2012-05-29 07:19:00

In particular, they tend to arise in disputes about what we might call classical natural theology -- natural theology grounded in philosophical premises deriving from the Aristotelian, Neo-Platonic, and/or Scholastic traditions. To understand the arguments of classical ... As I have noted many times, reading Aquinas's Fifth Way as if it were more or less the same as Paley's design argument is a particularly egregious example of this error . But it is also erroneous to assume ...

Moral philosophy in the media, continued. | liberal reflections

jacobwilliamson, liberalreflections.wordpress.com
2012-06-01 11:37:00

Moral philosophy in the media, continued. When I had a moan about this last week I said I would return to it once the phenomenon popped up again. The following piece was actually authored a while back, but it's still recent ...

Red Plenty My Brush With Brezhnevism Crooked Timber

John Holbo, crookedtimber.org
2012-06-01 14:19:41

This error persisted, uncorrected. I actively avoided all reviews or summaries. I solicited no assistance, along the way, from the panther-footed Mr. Google, as he is described in Spufford's Acknowledgement section.

Maverick Philosopher : Must We Stop Asking Why There's Anything?

Bill Vallicella, maverickphilosopher.typepad.com
2012-05-31 23:53:32

Maverick Philosopher . Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains. Motto: Study everything, join nothing. Selected for the The Times of London's 100 Best Blogs List (15 February 2009) ... Your comment could not be posted. Error type: Your comment has been saved. Comments are moderated and will not appear until approved by the author. Post another comment. The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. Please try again.

Dead Philosophers Society A Letter From Dr. Ronda Chervin

Richard Birdsall, deadphilosopherssociety.com
2012-06-01 16:23:43

Share. DPS received this email from Dr. Ronda Chervin, faculty member here at HACS: Dear Philosophers ,. I am hesitating to write this because I see some of you may not have studied our DL Ethics or Moral Philosophy yet.