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Category Archives: Philosophy
Finally! The truth about truth: Folk foundations of scientific reductionism
On The Media I’m not a psychologist, but I think that at some deep level, if the situation you’re living is a lie, and the situation these boys were living was one, and, moreover, at least the father was complicit … Continue reading
More meaningful than what? Populations and truth in social science
WHNews: Pay Gap – No Pay Day As of 30th October, if you’re a woman and you go out to work, you’re working for nothing until the 31st December. The Fawcett Society and the union Unison have declared today ‘Women’s … Continue reading
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Utility of prejudice: Reducing freedom to cognition and vice versa
Quote Details: William Hazlitt: Without the aid of… – The Quotations Page Without the aid of prejudice and custom I should not be able to find my way across the room. William Hazlitt English essayist (1778 – 1830) It’s always disconcerting … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Framing, Philosophy
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Cognition, information, knowledge and the limits of serial computing
BBC – Radio 4 – Today Programme Listen Again 11 Sept 2007 08:50 It’s the 50th anniversary of the British Computer Society. But what can we expect over the next half century? Will our levels of dependence on the internet … Continue reading
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Paradox of the evolutionary metaphor in language death
When Languages Die: Science and Sentiment : In his book When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World’s Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge K. David Harrison illustrates the individual face of language loss, as well as its global … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Linguistics, Philosophy, Reviews, Social Science
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Conservatism as part fo language competence
Language Log: Keeping “wrong grammar” off the air A program will be assigned a “PG” rating if it shows “people speaking with wrong grammar (except for humorous effects).” The article doesn’t say who gets to be the “grammar cop” — … Continue reading
Posted in Linguistics, Philosophy, Social Science
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Wittgenstein and folk theories of language and intelligence
Quote Details: Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy is a battle… – The Quotations Page Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. Ludwig Wittgenstein Austrian philosopher (1889 – 1951) Two interesting things about this quote. First, … Continue reading
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Generative analogies as negotiation devices
Amazon.com: Liberal Fascism: The Totalitarian Temptation from Hegel to Whole Foods: Books: Jonah Goldberg Goldberg draws striking parallels between historic fascism and contemporary liberal doctrines. He argues that âpolitical correctnessâ? on campuses and calls for campaign finance reform echo the … Continue reading
Hitchens vs Hitchens | the Daily Mail
Hitchens vs Hitchens | the Daily Mail If we are weak and poor, we can all summon up self-interested decency, behaving in a kind way, in public, towards those from whom we hope for decency in return. But as soon … Continue reading
Posted in God, Philosophy, Reviews, Society and politics
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Algorithms and everything
digg – The Digg Comment Algorithm Everything in this world can be shown as a flowchart algorithm. This, of course, applies to the complex and not well researched field of “Digg comments“. Here’s my humble attempt to define an algorithm … Continue reading
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