Journeyman Philosopher

I heard an interview with William Dalrymple last week (19 May 2010, Sydney time) who is currently attending the Sydney Writers’ Festival. T...

I know: you don’t believe me; but you haven’t read Henk Tennekes’s book, The Simple Science of Flight; From Insects to Jumbo Jets . This is ...

In some respects this post is a continuation of the last one. The following week’s issue of New Scientist (3 April 2010) had a cover story ...

As anyone knows, who has followed this blog for any length of time, I’ve touched on this subject a number of times. It deals with so many is...

Over the last week, I’ve been involved in an argument with another blogger, Justin Martyr, after Larry Niven linked us both to one of his po...

First of all a disclaimer: I’m a self-confessed dilettante, not a real philosopher, and, even though I read widely and take an interest in a...