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1In Science, Faith and Society, Michael Polanyi speaks about various ‘interpretations of nature’. I discuss the items that he has in mind, identify two of his major theses about them, and investigate the extent to which he treated science as resting on different ‘ultimate suppositions’ at different times in its history.I then consider what he says about how to decide between science and rival ‘interpretations of nature’, arguing that the idea of such a choice or decision is dubious, and that ther…Read more
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21The Instrument of Science: Scientific Anti-realism Revitalised, by Darrell P. RowbottomMind 130 (519): 1028-1032. 2021.The Instrument of Science: Scientific Anti-realism Revitalised, by RowbottomDarrell P.. Abingdon: Routledge, 2019. Pp. 216.
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20Heidegger and the Origin of AuthenticityDissertation, University of Tampa. 2022.Since the publication of Sein und Zeit in 1927, scholars have coupled Martin Heidegger’s reflections on authenticity with a rich tradition of thought which reminds us that philosophy can, from time to time, function as a catalyst for self-discovery. While this function is an undeniable feature of Heideggerian authenticity, I would like to suggest that it is secondary to the role that authenticity plays in Heidegger’s philosophical investigations. By analyzing the full phenomena of authenticity a…Read more
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10Richard Polt: Time and Trauma: Thinking Through Heidegger in the Thirties: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2019, 300 pages (review)Human Studies 44 (4): 821-827. 2021.
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Areas of Interest
20th Century Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |