Readers of this blog might be interested in a few articles I’ve posted on To See a World in a Grain of Sand. I’ve tried to reserve this blog, Acts of Being, for more technical writings and my other blog for writings that would be more accessible or which cover topics outside of the development … [Read more…]
I’ve defended the legitimacy of philosophy in this age of empirical thought and will continue to do so but I admit to being less than impressed with the state of philosophical thought about causation. It strikes me as being localized in the way of pre-modern physics and pre-modern geometry. Localized physics (such as special relativity) … [Read more…]
This article, Immaturity Of The Brain May Cause Schizophrenia, talks about one of the possible causes of a disease which may actually be “several biologically distinct heterogeneous populations,” that is, a set of symptoms caused by various diseases. This was the case for ‘consumption’ in the 1800s — TB or lung cancer or some variety … [Read more…]
I’ll be starting an occasional series of entries where I’ll be commenting upon the Bible’s treatment of some important issues, but I’ll be commenting from my own perspective which I’ve been developing in this blog, Acts of Being, and my other blog for less technical writings, To See a World in a Grain of Sand, … [Read more…]