I regret to announce that I’ve written a book. It takes the idea of philosophy of science seriously, and expects other scientists to do so too. Which they haven’t until now.
I show how historical sciences can give very different results when you do philosophy right. Readers are told they can skip the philos. bits “on first reading”, but those here would no doubt head for just those bits... a lot of which are included in the free first 8% available here:
http://sciencepolice2010.files.wordpres ... imesnr.pdf
or in a slightly larger chunk from the Amazon book page:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008AV7HXO
It claims to be half the price of a hamburger, but I discovered yesterday that hamburgers only cost $1 in the USA now. But it is about half the price of a “burger meal” in the UK (or at least the USA price would be ).
Cordially...
Book of compulsory philosophy
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This is good stuff. We should introduce the Burger as the new unit of academic value.strangetruther wrote:I regret to announce that I’ve written a book. It takes the idea of philosophy of science seriously, and expects other scientists to do so too. Which they haven’t until now.
I show how historical sciences can give very different results when you do philosophy right. Readers are told they can skip the philos. bits “on first reading”, but those here would no doubt head for just those bits... a lot of which are included in the free first 8% available here:
http://sciencepolice2010.files.wordpres ... imesnr.pdf
or in a slightly larger chunk from the Amazon book page:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008AV7HXO
It claims to be half the price of a hamburger, but I discovered yesterday that hamburgers only cost $1 in the USA now. But it is about half the price of a “burger meal” in the UK (or at least the USA price would be ).
Cordially...
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"This is good stuff. We should introduce the Burger as the new unit of academic value."
It's been used since the 1970's as a unit of entertainment value by a rock group. I included it for those who like their philosophy leavened. I wrote the book for those who like philosophy respected or at least observed; and for those who don't, it offers a glimpse of the sunlit uplands.
It's been used since the 1970's as a unit of entertainment value by a rock group. I included it for those who like their philosophy leavened. I wrote the book for those who like philosophy respected or at least observed; and for those who don't, it offers a glimpse of the sunlit uplands.
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I would buy it, but I don't have a kindle.
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The Big Mac burger has been used as a unit of economic value by The Economist magazine for years.Thundril wrote: This is good stuff. We should introduce the Burger as the new unit of academic value.
The idea is that they track the price of a Big Mac in different countries to get an idea of the comparative cost of living.
http://www.economist.com/topics/big-mac-index
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An interesting descriptive journey through the evolution of reptile to bird, but a I did not see it as a 'philosophy of science' book in any way.strangetruther wrote:I regret to announce that I’ve written a book. It takes the idea of philosophy of science seriously, and expects other scientists to do so too. Which they haven’t until now.
I show how historical sciences can give very different results when you do philosophy right. Readers are told they can skip the philos. bits “on first reading”, but those here would no doubt head for just those bits... a lot of which are included in the free first 8% available here:
http://sciencepolice2010.files.wordpres ... imesnr.pdf
or in a slightly larger chunk from the Amazon book page:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008AV7HXO
It claims to be half the price of a hamburger, but I discovered yesterday that hamburgers only cost $1 in the USA now. But it is about half the price of a “burger meal” in the UK (or at least the USA price would be ).
Cordially...
Is it like looking for the duck in the blancmange. or is it in there somewhere?