Some of my students will be reading Plato this week, and in their bibliography of 'helpful secondary literature', under the entry of Socratic method, I decided to list the classic essay by Peter Geach on the Euthyphro, which explains how Socrates always pursued the meaning of a term T: what is T? I also assigned the 1973 Tower of Power classic, 'What is Hip?' A fine example, I would say, of the Socratic method.
Simplicity and Newton's inverse square law
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When I give talks about the way modern science is based on beauty, I give
the example of how everyone will think Newton’s Law of Gravitation
1. *F* = ...
New Yorkers are Getting What They Deserve
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They are paying the just tax for willful self-enstupidation. Vote Democrat,
get more crime. The morally decent should leave NYC, and indeed every
Democrat-...
Promotion of Francis of Meyronnes
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Well, it's the anniversary we have all been waiting for, the date of the
letter which promoted Francis of Meyronnes to being a master of theology.
Here is ...
Ne evagemur in verbis floridis
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This term I’ve been running scholastic Latin reading classes at three
difficulty levels, and at the highest level I offered to cover not only
difficult a...
Reviving the Blog
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It has been a long time since I've posted, in large part because of the
transitions of life. But now that I'm settled into a tenure-track position
at the U...
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*Alexander of Hales - Future contingency*
Hi everybody, here is Alexander of Hales on future contingents, free will
and determination, from his Glossa on Lo...