Want to read some nice raw philosophy of science? Here are twelve options that I highly recommend. It’s Only a Theory is a new blog on the philosophy of science,…
Read moreTwo Tough Cases of Underdetermination
John Earman once pointed out two tough cases of underdetermination, neither of which arises in a silly algorithmic way. Today, I’d like to argue for an important difference between these…
Read moreNo, there are STILL no deadly mini-black holes!
Kentucky, who runs a fantastic blog over at arxivblog.org, has pointed out a new calculation about black hole creation here on earth. The paper (arxiv) suggests that mini-black holes might…
Read moreGroup Structural Realism (Part 4)
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4The Higher Structures Problem. My worry about structural realism starts with the observation that a relation is a very general…
Read moreVisualize the Eversion of a Sphere
It is famously possible to continuously deform a sphere until it’s inside out. You have to imagine the sphere is something like a bubble, which can ‘pass through’ itself. This…
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