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Applied Topology and Dante

Robert Ghrist sounds like my kinda guy. His area of expertise is almost completely over my head [applied topology], but he likes all things medieval, and is a fan of G. K. Chesterton. His passion in life is to apply unused mathematical discoveries to practical problems, including the coverage sensor

Modern Moral Reasoning: Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt gave a talk sponsored by Edge.org on moral psychology. I have mixed feelings about Edge. The organization seems like it collects all of my natural enemies in one place, because it is the altar of scientism. But, they do sometimes produce really interesting ideas. Haidt thinks the

Modern Moral Reasoning

A whole series of things I read recently got me thinking of the subject of moral reasoning. Moral philosophy is not a course I have yet taken in my M.A. studies, but I am already solidly in the broadly Aristotelian tradition of virtue ethics that constitutes one of the

Which religion gives the most happiness?

The most popular one. C.S. Lewis's replyQ: (Audience member) "Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness?" A: (C.S.L) - "While it lasts, the religion of worshipping oneself is the best." "I have an

Apparently I'm half-Bayesian

Steve Hsu links to a paper by Judea Pearl on Bayesian statistics and causality. Judea Pearl: I turned Bayesian in 1971, as soon as I began reading Savage’s monograph The Foundations of Statistical Inference [Savage, 1962]. The arguments were unassailable: (i) It is plain silly to ignore what we

Why I could never be a professional philosopher

300 Movie Review

300 Directed by Zack Snyder Written by Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, and Michael Gordon Starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Vincent Regan, David Wenham Yes, I know damn good and well this movie came out three years ago. I think I can do it better justice now. 300 has taken a