…a of truth itself. Truth is just the notion that specific instances of the generic form of semantics I oppose most commonly employ in their respective foundations—that genus of semantics that attributes semantic content to a theoretical representation based on the accuracy of the fit of its predictions to the results of the empirical, quantitative measurements made on the system it purports to model. In other words, my argument is with accounts of…
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…ems. I’m sure you’ve done the calculation: how many people can be expected buy the textbook at that price? Not many. Not to mention that we could pick up two copies of J. K. Rowling’s “complete works” for this royal sum. This is not dissemination of information. This is you failing the academic community. Because of your silliness, Souriau’s scholarship is not being widely shared in the way that the academic community needs. In this case, the auth…
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…review over at Backreaction. My favorite two of her many suggestions are: Online interface for anonymous author-reviewer communication. Why keep the slow (and frankly archaic) editor-mediated communication between author and reviewer, when everyone has access to the interwebs? An anonymized online interface would be quicker, easier, and more useful. In particular, it would allow for quick clarificatory questions, and even back-and-forth discussio…
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…ine Hossenfelder and Stefan Scherer (Perimeter Institute) provide a lot of great updates on physics, but also some excellent contributions to the philosophy of physics. A Mind for Madness ranges from very technical mathematical physics, to general philosophy of science, to music, and beyond. The Blog of Noah Greenstein produces a lot of very original philosophy, and takes its occasional jaunt into the philosophy of science. Philosopher’s Anonymous…
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…Montréal! A few facts of interest: Montréal is the second largest city in Canada. It’s slightly smaller than Phoenix, AZ and slightly larger than Marseille, Fr. Nearly 2 out of 3 people in the city are native French speakers. The weather in November is usually 28° to 50° F (-2° to 13° C) and rainy. The conference is at the Hyatt Regency in Old Montréal, which dates back to the 17th century. The nearby hill, called “Mont Royal” (hence Montréal) wa…
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