Author: Philosophy Talk

  • Open Thread on Apologies

    Dear Listener: You probably have notice the lightness of blogging recently. But things are about…

  • Poetry, Philosophy, Truth

    Howdy folks; Troy Jollimore here. Ken and John were kind enough to invite me to be their…

  • SHOUT OUT NOW!

    Dear Philosophy Talkers: I’m opening this blog entry for you to shout questions and comments…

  • A Philosophical Shout Out

    A Philosophical Shout-out, April 1st For pledge week at KALW we’ve decided to do something…

  • Clayton’s Afterthoughts

    posted by Phil Clayton Dear Ken, Thanks for your post this morning about reasons for…

  • We need your help!

    We at   Philosophy Talk are proud to have offered something uniquely valuable  to the radio…

  • Educated Insolence

    Stand-up comics often bemoan the fact that “everyone’s a f**king comedian!”, and its true: every one appreciates humor (to some degree) and most are capable of generating some form of spontaneous humor. But this very ubiquity makes humor harder, rather than easier, to understand formally, since humor assumes many guises and operates with subtle differences in myriad contexts.

  • The Nature of Science and the ID Debate

    The question “what is science?” always becomes more pressing when debates about evolution and creationism are going on. Even though the question is actually a bit of a mess, it suddenly becomes tempting to try to offer a short, concise description of science that can be used to guide decisions about what should and should not go onto high school curricula. Often, the first thing people draw on is Karl Popper’s account of science, based on the idea of falsifiability.