I don't think there are many Gaia theorists out there, and I think you're underestimating the general puplic of the developed world. I could go...
Actually, now that I think about it, a better phrase might be "struggle for existence." Darwin used this one, too. And, it seems to beat the...
(2) seems fairly innocuous, since it seems very unlikely that a population's environment will remain so constant that some trait will not be...
Well, Darwin never used the phrase "survival of the fittest" in the Origin or anywhere else, as far as I know. I think it was coined by Spencer. A...
There is no sufficient reason, in Leibniz's sense. Leibniz couldn't even come up with a sufficient reason for rectilinear motion, although, of...
Saint Augustine of Hippo - Not exactly a lesser known philosopher, per se. But one of his earliest works "The Teacher" is virtually ignored...
Well, I suppose this is about the time when the creationist should show his true colours, so to speak. You're wrong, but this is another argument...
Well, that's really the point, isn't it? If you go back in the causal chain far enough, eventually you're going to end up with an uncaused or...
I'm responding to the original post here. I only really want to talk about (3) Design or Chance. I do not think that (1) is a very good...
Of course, but what is a force? Einstein's acheivement was to link electromagnetism to dynamics, with predictable results. But he came no closer...
Why is there something rather than nothing? This teleological question has frustrated philosophers since Aristotle. The answer to the question...
Distribution by Need, Equity and Use Perhaps the most salient spatial ideal of anarchists is a call for the distribution of land on the basis of...
Anarcho-spatialism: Towards an Egalitarian Land Tenure By Anders Corr An accurate description of future land tenure after so revolutionary a...
Below, I have posted three brief articles The first two are drawn from excerpts from the journal Liberty and other writings of the 19th century,...
Haven't we all? I used to think it was just a bad excuse when someone tells a lover that she "loves the idea" of him. But it can be true, and...
BillBlack's right. Perhaps I should have been more specific and titled this post "erotic love." There are many kinds of love: Platonic love,...
I am no romantic. I reject the naive view that there is one person out there for everyone, as if for every human being there exists exactly one...
"What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have...
This really isn't about playing "Which religion is the worst." The point is that the orders to carry out several murders have come directly from...
The difference is that the Catholic Church isn't comitting (many) atrocities today. Every once in a while some small group of Christians kills...
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