Tuesday 19 July 2016

Estranged Notions: Why Sean Carroll’s “The Big Picture” Is Too Small

Today's post:

Why Sean Carroll’s “The Big Picture” Is Too Small

Vogt has been promising us his review of Carroll's book for some weeks now, but this is merely an ‘introduction’ to the review; nothing of substance here. The closest Vogt gets to that is the usual knee-jerk criticism of reductionism.

Tuesday 12 July 2016

Estranged Notions: 5 Reasons Why the Universe Can’t Be Merely a Brute Fact

Today's post:

5 Reasons Why the Universe Can’t Be Merely a Brute Fact

As usual, the proponents of the PSR find themselves making unjustified claims for the very basic reason that they have no valid criterion for defining what an ‘explanation’ is.