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Category Archives: Philosophy & Politics
What Dancy’s Late Late Show appearance has to say about the philosopher’s disappearance | Andrew Taggart
Dr. Andrew J. Taggart, Philosophical Counselor, considers the role of the public philosopher and gives a shout out to our efforts here at CSID. On April 1, 2010, the professional philosopher Jonathan Dancy, who happens to be the father-in-law of … Continue reading
Exchange on Holbrook and Briggle’s “Knowing and Acting”, Briggle, Fuller, Holbrook and Lipinska « Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Exchange on Holbrook and Briggle’s “Knowing and Acting”, Briggle, Fuller, Holbrook and Lipinska « Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective.
Mothers of Jews who like bacon: Where Facebook meets identity politics
Tom Scott did something extraordinary last week: he typed in searches on Facebook’s new Graph Search feature and posted images of the results on his tumblr, called ActualFacebookGraphSearches. … which sounds quite un-extraordinary. Except that Scott – something of an … Continue reading
Bieberians at the Gate? | Inside Higher Ed
Essay on the idea that non-philosophers should judge philosophers | Inside Higher Ed. Comments on this piece are most welcome!
Science Progress publicizes study of beliefs about hydraulic fracturing for natural gas
http://scienceprogress.org/2012/12/technology-and-society-fracking-ideology/ As a follow up to the Science Progress article I co-authored with Dr. Adam Briggle earlier this July, we have written another short piece that again explains the subject of our study, Technology and Society: Fracking Ideology, and requests reader participation. … Continue reading
After Kyoto: Special Issue of NATURE
On 1 January 2013, the world can go back to emitting greenhouse gases with abandon. The pollution-reduction commitments that nations made as part of the Kyoto Protocol will expire, leaving the planet without any international climate regulation and uncertain prospects … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Degrowth Economics, Environmental policy, Globalization, Philosophy & Politics, Public Philosophizing, Science and technology ramifications, Sustainability, Risk Management, & Long-Term Security, TechnoScience & Technoscientism
Tagged carbon, climate, climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas, Kyoto protocol
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The looming spectre of differential tuition
Someone can do the relatively simple accounting and see that the humanities–”majors without an immediate job payoff”–are already subsidizing those which have a “job payoff.” In fact, this was already done at few institutions, including UCLA. But this is a … Continue reading
More Scientists-Statesmen?
Only a handful of physicists have reached the halls of Congress. Bill Foster, a particle physicist and businessman just elected as a Democrat to the House of Representatives from Illinois’s newly drawn 11th district, wants this situation to change. The … Continue reading
*Fracking survey* — Make sure your beliefs about hydraulic fracturing for natural gas are counted!
Technology and Society: Fracking Ideology A survey of beliefs about hydraulic fracturing for natural gas Dear energy consumers, Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” for natural gas plays an important role in the debate about our energy future. As an energy consumer, … Continue reading
Denton Drilling: Draft ordinance needs overhaul
Last night, about forty dedicated citizens gathered to review the draft gas drilling ordinance and generate ideas for how to improve it. There was one clear take home message: The draft ordinance is inadequate. It gets an F. We need … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental policy, Gas Fracking, Philosophy & Politics, Public Philosophizing, Science and technology ramifications, Uncategorized
Tagged citizen committee, City of Denton, County of Denton, DAG, environmental issues, gas drilling ordinance, hydraulic fracturing, hydrofracturing, local policy, local politics, shale gas, Texas
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Study shows gender bias in science is real… Scientific American Blog Network
Whenever the subject of women in science comes up, there are people fiercely committed to the idea that sexism does not exist. They will point to everything and anything else to explain differences while becoming angry and condescending if you … Continue reading
Want to Change Academic Publishing? Just Say No – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education
When I became a professor, 20 years ago, I received a request from a woman who lived close to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where I taught: Could she come and talk to me about a set of interests she … Continue reading
On the benefits of a philosophy major « Pleas and Excuses
The blog post below has a very nice graphic which details the proven skills that one obtains with a degree in philosophy. While I am tired of having to justify this over and over, I think it is important to … Continue reading
Can E-Tutoring Bridge Economic Divides?
In a 1984 paper that is regarded as a classic of educational psychology, Benjamin Bloom, a professor at the University of Chicago, showed that being tutored is the most effective way to learn, vastly superior to being taught in a classroom. … Continue reading
The Religiosity of the Fracking Debate
CSID Faculty Fellow Adam Briggle publishes at Science Progress: The debate over hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and the shale gas revolution it has spawned has a religious aura to it. Both sides have an unshakeable conviction that fracking is either … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental policy, Gas Fracking, Globalization, Philosophy & Politics, Public Philosophizing, Science and technology ramifications, Sustainability, Risk Management, & Long-Term Security, TechnoScience & Technoscientism
Tagged argument, debate, exploration, fracking, hydrofracturing, polemic, religion
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How generous is the UK science budget, really? guardian.co.uk
Whatever you think about spending on sport, in times of austerity or otherwise, there is no denying that the strategy paid off – at least, if your yardstick for success is Olympic medals. The message couldn’t be more clear: if … Continue reading
Posted in Basic News, Broader Impacts, Economics & STEM Research, Globalization, Metrics, Philosophy & Politics, Public Philosophizing, Science and technology ramifications, TechnoScience & Technoscientism
Tagged broader impacts, climate science, global science research, globalizing science, monetary returns, national science research, olympic medals, science budget, technoscientific competition, worldwide recession
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The Veil of Ignorance: How Americans view wealth & inequality – BBC News
When you taste wine and you know the label and you know the price, you are going to be influenced by that. And when you are tasting wine in a blind way, now you don’t have anything to base it … Continue reading
Bernanke to Economists: More Philosophy, Please – Businessweek
Less economics and more philosophy… On Monday, Ben Bernanke wasn’t talking like a scientist. He was talking like a philosopher. “The ultimate purpose of economics, of course, is to understand and promote the enhancement of well-being,” he said. To a … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Basic News, Broader Impacts, Degrowth Economics, Economics & STEM Research, Occupy Wall Street, Philosophy & Politics, Public Philosophizing, Sustainability, Risk Management, & Long-Term Security
Tagged Bernanke, economics, Federal Reserve, GDP, happiness, humanities, Philosophy, science, technoscientific economic progress, well-being
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“Fracked Ideologies” published at Science Progress
The use of high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas drilling has ignited a fiery political debate. Advocates tout natural gas as a clean-burning, cheap, and abundant fuel that can boost economic growth and energy security. Detractors question these benefits and … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Basic News, Broader Impacts, Degrowth Economics, Economics & STEM Research, Environmental policy, Gas Fracking, Philosophy & Politics, Public Philosophizing, Science and technology ramifications, Sustainability, Risk Management, & Long-Term Security, TechnoScience & Technoscientism
Tagged exploration, fracking, Fuller, hydraulic fracturing, innovation, Kurzweil, politics, politics of science, precautionary, proactionary, science policy, shale gas
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We need a knowledgeable nudge
Here Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations argues that the SCOTUS ruling on the Affordable Care Act bodes well for the constitutionality of environmental policies that use taxes to influence our behavior. Of particular interest to me here … Continue reading
Here’s the map… what’s the territory?
Maps of science have been proliferating for a number of years now, and interest has been heavily correlated to the advancement of mapping technologies. Philosophy has finally produced a blip on the mapping radar, and the results are pretty interesting. … Continue reading
The Case for Breaking Up With Your Parents
While Lambert, author of “Nonstop,” admires the multitasking undergraduates Harvard attracts, he also worries about the intellectual and emotional costs of such all-consuming busyness. In a turn toward gravitas, he quotes the French film director Jean Renoir’s observation that “the … Continue reading
Posted in Basic News, Degrowth Economics, Economics & STEM Research, Future of the University, Globalization, Occupy Wall Street, Philosophy & Politics, Public Pedagogy, Public Philosophizing, Science and technology ramifications, TechnoScience & Technoscientism
Tagged business, busyness, college, education, millenials, parenting, training, undergraduate, university
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Happiness: No longer the dismal science? | The Economist
They argue that happiness can be measured objectively; that it differs systematically across societies and over time; that happiness has predictable causes and is correlated to specific things (such as wealth, income distribution, health and political institutions); and that therefore it should be possible for … Continue reading
The Existential Logic of Scapegoating
My longtime companion & I are reading David Hume together right now. I have so enjoyed dipping back into his viewpoint and seeing how much his work influenced my entire professional vocation as a philosopher. I think the influence has … Continue reading