In Search of Enlightenment

A political philosopher's reflections on politics, philosophy, science, medicine and law. "Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity" (Immanuel Kant, 1784).

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Contributing to Philosophical Biology

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BioScience has this interesting article on the philosophy of biology. Of particular note is the following list of suggestions for philoso...

Sunday, March 15, 2026

RIP Habermas (1929-2026)

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I was sad to hear the news that one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century passed away- the German philosopher Jurgen Habermas....

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Rule #31

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Yesterday I came across this excellent 1997 essay by the sociologist Gary Marx. Brilliant description of the moral imperatives of intelle...

Monday, February 09, 2026

Nature Commentary on AI

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Nature has this excellent comment on AI I wanted to make a note of for future reference. A sample: Intelligence, as we have seen, does no...

Saturday, February 07, 2026

Apes Share Human Ability ot Imagine

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So says the title of this news alert . Such research is of particular interest to me as I now revive a decade-old research project on pla...

Thursday, February 05, 2026

Book cover

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This labour of love, the product of 20 years of research, will be out later this year. The book will be freely accessible as an "open...

Friday, January 09, 2026

Start of Winter Term (2026) Intro Lecture (Part 1)

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Now that my latest major research project is completed , I hope to return to doing some regular, more substantial, blog posting. The follow...

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