Descartes Caused the Economic Collapse!
The economic meltdown was certainly caused by excessive greed and the absence of government regulation to contain it. But it is important to remember that there is a reason why few of the people...
View ArticleWas Descartes Murdered?
A few days ago The Guardian reported that a new book by German scholar Theodor Ebert claimed that Descartes did not meet his end by being exposed to the harsh Swedish winter climate, as we philosophers...
View ArticleI Think, therefore I Have No Time to for Skepticism
Descartes famously posed the problem of global knowledge skepticism by asking us to prove that we are not always dreaming. Philosopher of science Michael Ruse thinks this is a fascinating question: I...
View ArticleThe Press Should Stop Making Philosophical Claims
In the Times Literary Supplement, Jerome Burne reviews Irving Kirsch’s book The Emperor’s New Drugs, in which Kirsch argues that anti-depressant drugs—SSRIs like Prozac, Seroxat and Lustral—are no...
View ArticleThe Press Should Stop Making Philosophical Claims
In the Times Literary Supplement, Jerome Burne reviews Irving Kirsch’s book The Emperor’s New Drugs, in which Kirsch argues that anti-depressant drugs—SSRIs like Prozac, Seroxat and Lustral—are no...
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