Category Archives: Personal – Academic

Evolution and Philosophy: Things I Learned From Richard J. Blackwell

Some books authored by Richard Blackwell:

Science, Religion and Authority: Lessons from the Galileo Affair ;

Galileo, Bellarmine, and the Bible ;

Behind the Scenes at Galileo’s Trial: Including the First English Translation of Melchior Inchofer’s Tractatus syllepticus

Giordano Bruno: Cause, Principle and Unity: And Essays on Magic (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)

Discovery in the Physical Sciences

Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics

Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics

A Bibliography of the Philosophy of Science, 1945-1981

(Update –  Professor Blackwell died on October 10, 2021, at age 92. Here is an obituary with a photograph.)

Richard J. Blackwell directed my doctoral dissertation at St. Louis University and later wrote the Foreword, “Piaget as a Philosopher,” for my book, Piaget’s Conception of Evolution. Continue reading Evolution and Philosophy: Things I Learned From Richard J. Blackwell →

David Hume (1711 – 1776): How To Be A Philosopher

David Hume is one of my intellectual heroes. I first encountered him in the fall of 1973 in Lucas Hall on the campus of the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Continue reading David Hume (1711 – 1776): How To Be A Philosopher →

A Letter From A Former Student

A former student of my nearly 30 year college teaching career found my blog and sent me email updating me about her life over the last fifteen years or so. Continue reading A Letter From A Former Student →

Living Inside a Computer

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Here in my small 5 x 8 ft. study I’m connected with thousands of people. I live, part-time, in my computer. Amazing! Continue reading Living Inside a Computer →