tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post3676820369420881763..comments2023-10-10T08:02:18.073-04:00Comments on Rationally Speaking: Philosophy, the basicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-28873696527684256892008-06-16T17:01:00.000-04:002008-06-16T17:01:00.000-04:00Johan,no, I have not explicitly written on Plantin...Johan,<BR/><BR/>no, I have not explicitly written on Plantinga, though you will find comments here and there on this blog that make it clear that I do not have a particularly high opinion of him. Perhaps one day I'll actually tackle him head on...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-901202843713021812008-06-14T11:49:00.000-04:002008-06-14T11:49:00.000-04:00Hej!A little bit off-topic (although it is philoso...Hej!<BR/><BR/>A little bit off-topic (although it is philosophy related):<BR/><BR/>Mr. Pigliucci, have you written anything about Alvin Plantingas EAAN-argument?<BR/><BR/>best wishes,<BR/><A HREF="http://www.evolutionsteori.se/" REL="nofollow">Johan (Sweden)</A>l_johan_khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467379458813206767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-29665611701642758272008-05-26T13:22:00.000-04:002008-05-26T13:22:00.000-04:00Re: the Evolution list.Feel good about this. I've ...Re: the Evolution list.<BR/><BR/>Feel good about this. I've read Steve Jones and Gould. Also, a different book by Mayr. Must get some of the rest.<BR/><BR/>For some reason, Jones' book is called "Almost Like a Whale" on this side of the Atlantic. Its on my shelf.Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755923759289978768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-60013131953890127922008-05-26T13:16:00.000-04:002008-05-26T13:16:00.000-04:00Great list ... and I've already read two! I've alw...Great list ... and I've already read two! I've always intended to read Aristotle and Hume, but never summoned up the energy at the vital moments.<BR/><BR/>IMHO, one the most readable of philosophy books not on the list is Karl Popper's "The Open Society and its Enemies". Maybe it would make your second ten!Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755923759289978768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-74869514239473603012008-05-09T22:32:00.000-04:002008-05-09T22:32:00.000-04:00Hello, Dr. Pigliucci:I just found your blog and wa...Hello, Dr. Pigliucci:<BR/>I just found your blog and wanted to say hello. You may not remember, but I took a couple of philosophy courses with you at UT (Dr. Cohen, I believe, and Dr. Aquila). Glad to see you are doing well.<BR/>Peace,<BR/>Michael Livingstoncappadociahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794112312292265580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-70389406769283348482008-05-07T12:38:00.000-04:002008-05-07T12:38:00.000-04:00I'd have Julian Baggini's The Pig That Wants to Be...I'd have Julian Baggini's <I><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Pig-That-Wants-Eaten-Experiments/dp/0452287448/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210178127&sr=8-1" REL="nofollow">The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten</A></I> on my list.<BR/><BR/>I found that to be engaging and to do an excellent job of showing how philosophical thinking can translate into everyday issues.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-87754182032824107282008-05-06T21:50:00.000-04:002008-05-06T21:50:00.000-04:00Yay, that's more like it! :-)I'm definitely far fr...Yay, that's more like it! :-)<BR/><BR/>I'm definitely far from the level of reading the classics yet, so a "complete idiot's" approach is much more what I need. Thanks.J. Marcelo Alveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09967299561849915314noreply@blogger.com