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Tag Archives: Hans Reichenbach
Non-existence is hard to do
A review of contemporary antinatalist writings Originally published in Cryonics, 2nd Quarter, 2010 (PDF) “Coming into existence is bad in part because it invariably leads to the harm of ceasing to exist.” David Benatar “If they could get a corpse … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Living, Cryonics, Death, Neuroscience, Science, Society
Tagged Antinatalism, Consciousness, Cryonics, David Benatar, Empiricism, Free Will, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hans Reichenbach, Hard Determinism, Jim Crawford, Marquis de Sade, Max Stirner, Thomas Ligotti, Transhumanism
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Edward O. Wilson’s Consilience
Sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson believes that a major reason why the social sciences have made so little progress is that its practitioners have ignored the biological basis of human behavior. He is not impressed with arguments that purport that the … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Society
Tagged Alexis Carrel, Consilience, Edward O. Wilson, Empiricism, Free Will, Hans Reichenbach, Logical Empiricism, Logical Positivism, Sociobiology, Unity of Science
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The theological orientation of philosophy
In spite of the empiricist trend of modern science, the quest for certainty, a product of the theological orientation of philosophy, still survives in the assertion that some general truths about the future must be known if scientific predictions are … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged Empiricism, Hans Reichenbach, Induction, Logical Empiricism, Probability
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Five important empiricist philosophy books
Most contemporary philosophers and social scientists have little interest and understanding of logic or the physical sciences and therefore have little to offer to those who want to understand the philosophical aspects of knowledge. The following five books have been … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Society
Tagged Alfred J. Ayer, Analytic Philosophy, Berlin Circle, Bertrand Russell, David Hume, Empiricism, Hans Reichenbach, Logical Empiricism, Logical Positivism, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Philosophy, Rudolf Carnap, Skeptical Empiricism, Vienna Circle
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The scientific conception of the world
The Scientific Conception of the World: The Vienna Circle (Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung: Der Wiener Kreis)
Posted in Science, Society
Tagged Hans Hahn, Hans Reichenbach, Logical Empiricism, Logical Positivism, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Otto Neurath, Rudolf Carnap, Vienna Circle, Wiener Kreis
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