This is fun. Though to be fair, I think it’s only recently that “Mother Nature” has gained the cloying connotations. It comes from the mystery religions that position the mother as both the giver of life and the destroyer – … Continue reading →

In the first part of this book Richard Rorty challenges the (almost universal) assumption that science is in the business of describing the truth. Instead of thinking of science as clearing the window that allows us to see truth, we … Continue reading →