Siyaves Azeri’s “On Reality of Thinking” (2021) is yet another informative contribution to the philosophical deployment of Vygotskian psychology. I’m grateful to Mr. Azeri for taking the time to reply to my comments and for the opportunity to continue this… Read More ›
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Ideality and Cognitive Development: Further Comments on Azeri’s “The Match of Ideals,” Chris Drain
In his recent article, Siyaves Azeri (2020) responds to “Wigner’s riddle,” i.e., how it is that mathematics can be so “unreasonably” effective at explaining physical law, especially considering how so many advanced mathematical concepts—unlike those of elementary arithmetic and geometry—originate so… Read More ›
Do We See Icons or Reality? A Review of Donald Hoffman’s The Case Against Reality, Brian Martin
Imagine looking at a computer desktop. You see various icons that you can modify, move around, stick into folders and delete. The desktop is a type of reality. If you wanted, you could formulate an ontology and epistemology, or laws… Read More ›
World Enough and Time, Steve Fuller
Author Information: Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, University of Warwick, SERRC, S.W.Fuller@warwick.ac.uk Fuller, Steve. 2013. “World Enough and Time.” Review of Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe, by Lee Smolin…. Read More ›
Déjà vu all over again? A response to Philip Mirowski, David Kaiser
Author Information: David Kaiser, MIT, dikaiser@mit.edu, David Kaiser’s website Kaiser, David. 2013. “Déjà vu all over again? A response to Philip Mirowski.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 2 (2): 1-7. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers…. Read More ›