Philosophy

Review: The Signal and the Noise

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:23. April 2013
Post category:Economics Epistemology Metascience Science Sociology
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The Signal and the Noise Why So Many Predictions Fail - but Some Don’t Nate Silver 544p It is a pretty interesting book especially becus it covers some areas…

Review + comments: Analyzing Grammar, An Introduction (Paul R. Kroeger, 2005)

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:2. April 2013
Post category:Language Linguistics/language
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Cambridge.University.Press.Analyzing.Grammar.An.Introduction.Jun.2005 free pdf download Overall, there is nothing much to say about this book. It covers most stuff. Neither particularly good, or interesting, or particularly bad or uninteresting, IMO.…

Pyrrho on selfishness

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:21. February 2013
Post category:Ethics Humor Multilogues
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I was looking for something else.. and found this instead... From here: http://able2know.org/topic/151812-1 - LittleMathYou I think a 9 year old killing himself is a good representation of suicide as…

The usefulness of sentences, a hiarchial view?

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:8. February 2013
Post category:Linguistics/language Metaphilosophy
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(from A natural history of negation) i had been thinking about a similar idea. but these work fine as a beginning. a good hierarchy needs a lvl for approximate truth…

Big update to the Cluster Wiki project

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:6. February 2013
Post category:Philosophy Science
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http://emilkirkegaard.dk/clusterwiki

Paper: A plea for science studies (Phillip Kitcher)

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:3. February 2013
Post category:Metascience Science
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This was interesting. A_Plea_for_Science_Studies_Philip_Kitcher

Review: Beyond the Hoax: Science and Culture (Alan Sokal)

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:1. February 2013
Post category:Epistemology Metaphysics Religion Science Science Sociology
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beyond the hoax - alan sokal Much of the material is the same as in Sokal and Bricmont's earlier book. But there is some new material as well. I especially…

Apparently, the feel good veganism is bad for… poor countries

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:23. January 2013
Post category:Ethics
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/vegans-stomach-unpalatable-truth-quinoa

Paper: Why Not Epistocracy? (David Estlund)

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:22. January 2013
Post category:Education Government form Politics
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Why Not Epistocracy (i fixed the PDF found on google) Previusly mentioned, but its pretty good, and right to the topic. Also, the Wiki page about meritocracy sucks.

Paper: The impact of genetic enhancement on equality (Michael H. Shapiro)

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:21. January 2013
Post category:Ethics Government form Politics
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The impact of genetic enhancement on equality found via another paper: The rhetoric and reality of gap closing—when the “have-nots” gain but the “haves” gain even more (Stephen J. Ceci and…