Published inPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyOh! Mysterians Claim That Human Beings Aren’t Omniscient!The American writer and journalist Nicholas G. Carr offers his readers an interesting take on the philosophical position of mysterianism…May 15A response icon1May 15A response icon1
Published inPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyThe Religious Physics of Paul Davies, as Expressed By the Physicist HimselfThe central argument in this essay is that the theoretical physicist Paul C. W. Davies believes that he’s moved beyond (what he often…May 11A response icon2May 11A response icon2
Published inPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyBabbage, Lovelace and the Analytical Engine: Symbols vs NumbersAda Lovelace (often called “the first computer programmer”) had an important insight when she contemplated Charles Babbage’s difference…May 1A response icon1May 1A response icon1
Published inPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on Philosophy“Metaphysical Lunatics” vs Common SenseThe Scottish philosopher Thomas Reid (1710–1796) used the words “metaphysical lunatics” about those philosophers who argued against “common…Apr 25A response icon1Apr 25A response icon1
Published inPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyDoes “Anything Go” if the Facts Don’t Entail Our Theories?Does the underdetermination thesis have anything to do with the world outside of physics?… Well, postmodernist, poststructuralist, etc…Apr 18A response icon1Apr 18A response icon1
Published inPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyDavid Ray Griffin’s Postmodernist Disenchantment With ScienceDespite the title above, David Ray Griffin (who was an American professor of the philosophy of religion and theology) claimed that he…Apr 9Apr 9
Published inPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyDid Richard Rorty Grow Bored With Philosophy?The word “bored” above is only slightly rhetorical. Some commentators have said that Richard Rorty was “anti-philosophy” too. His defenders…Apr 4A response icon10Apr 4A response icon10
Published inPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyThere Are No Relativists!This essay focuses on relativism as it relates to truth. The central argument is that when you scratch off the surface skin of a…Mar 30A response icon1Mar 30A response icon1
Published inPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyTruth, According to Analytic Philosophers, and as Seen By a HistorianThis isn’t a commentary on the theories of truth as they’re expounded by analytic philosophers: it’s a commentary on Felipe Fernández…Mar 24A response icon1Mar 24A response icon1
Published inPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyA Critic of Postmodernists, Constructivists, Feminists, Etc. Goes Too FarThis essay is a response to Mario Bunge’s paper ‘In Praise of Intolerance to Charlatanism in Academia’ (1996). This paper is certainly…Mar 20Mar 20
