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On fictional worlds of Philip K. Dick (excerpted from thesis)

On fictional worlds of Philip K. Dick (excerpted from thesis)

1. the political The principle that casts fiction as thought experiment or speculative example can be broadly applied. Whether physical,...

Unreliable narration in a possible worlds model for fiction

Unreliable narration in a possible worlds model for fiction

I define fiction by three rules concerning the sentences of a text (or propositions represented by these sentences): 1. Some...

On media bias

On media bias

It would be useful to have a set of broadly acceptable criteria for media bias so that it might be...

Why outrage is justified (and ‘harsher policy’ poll questionable)

Why outrage is justified (and ‘harsher policy’ poll questionable)

Two reasons we have right to feel outraged (even while culpable as citizens and ashamed). First, we cannot vote with...

from Golem’s inaugural lecture (Stanislaw Lem)

from Golem’s inaugural lecture (Stanislaw Lem)

‘you yourselves will of course continue to emulate Evolution, but only in the region of its later creations, by constructing...

from Einstein’s ‘Relativity’

from Einstein’s ‘Relativity’

We imagine a large portion of empty space, so far removed from stars and other appreciable masses, that we have...

Election 2013: The Question Hangs in the Air

Election 2013: The Question Hangs in the Air

And so election day dawns, the nation convenes, and the question hangs in the air: after tonight, when the count...

If it quacks quite a lot like a fascist duck..

If it quacks quite a lot like a fascist duck..

Does professed opposition to centralised State power render a political party non-fascist, though its policies and ideology in many other...

Where Credibility Fails in Advocacy Journalism

Where Credibility Fails in Advocacy Journalism

[these considerations prompted by discussion  that formed part of the Bradley Manning court-martial on and prior to July 10th 2013....

Why libertarianism’s absurd for (and hardly popular with) citizens in this country..

Why libertarianism’s absurd for (and hardly popular with) citizens in this country..

To embrace libertarianism, of any kind, is to say.. ‘Forget all the hard-won – very hard-won – gains of the...