Living with multiple claims to Truth, none 'proveable,' we choose our truths by 'what works,' aspiring to a democracy which supports coexistence of 'contradictory' truths, without resort to killing each other off, or appealing to a 'higher authority.' [av
Book Review by Brian Eno. Philosophy & Social Hope published in 2000. "Truth Without Correspondence to Reality," "A World Without Substances or Essences," and "Ethics Without Principles" are a few of the essay titles.
In China, for example, there was no biology. Observations and theoretical perspectives on the manifestations of life were scattered through a very different grouping of knowledge that I will sketch out below. Alchemists, East and West, set down a great de
Joi Ito's blog, with a short, inspiring post on pruning a dangerous tree with Shinto paper necklaces and Shinto prayers of honoring (irreverently, may I joke that it's sorta like being a kosher butcher, but with Shinto ritual and trees, rather than Jewish
Joi Ito's blog, with a short, inspiring post on pruning a dangerous tree with Shinto paper necklaces and Shinto prayers of honoring (irreverently, may I joke that it's sorta like being a kosher butcher, but with Shinto ritual and trees, rather than Jewish