Not Up to the Job That’s my take on postmodern philosophers. They got into philosophy knowing the job was to explain the big things, but found they were not equal to that task. Philosophers must explain not just the present, but all eternity; not just this world but the universe, and the postmodernists knew this… Continue reading Postmodern Philosophers
Category: Anaxagoras Pen
The fictional author of the historical fiction stories and novels of Limitation Philosophy. He is the voice of the Narrator in all these books. His character is introduced as the letter writer in Thank You, Mr. Darwin.
Heretic Hero Genre
Ockham’s Epiphany: A Short Story Written in this Genre Seen in books by me writing as Anaxagoras Pen The Moral Irony of the Outcast Saint. The Hero’s Integrity is Demonstrated by Defiance. Enlightenment Shapes the Hero’s Noble Motivation. The Protagonist Rises in Defiance and Wins by Enlightenment. While the antagonism is institutional, religious bodies are… Continue reading Heretic Hero Genre
Ockham’s Secret Manuscript 1
Ockham’s Epiphany ends with his murder, and the burning of the manuscript he read from by his murderer, so I thought a secret manuscript would fill out the Ockham perspective on Limitation Philosophy. Ockham a legendary logician is the ideal writer for a systematic stating of Limitation Philosophy. There is much in Ockham published writings… Continue reading Ockham’s Secret Manuscript 1
About Anaxagoras Pen
The Narrator of All Three Books In the narrative timeline of my fiction’s progression the Logic of Limitless is the final work of the narrator Anaxagoras Pen, but in actual writing it proceeded both Thank You, Mr. Darwin and Ockham’s Epiphany. The Logic of Limitless does not appear to even have a narrator, but a… Continue reading About Anaxagoras Pen
Listen to: Thank You, Mr. Darwin
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Social Darwinism
And the Ordinary Religious Heuristic by Thomas Laperriere The Ordinary Religious HeuristicA very wide range of systems of religious belief share a set of common characteristics that shape their beliefs and practices. On the face of things Christianity and Pantheism are very distinct religious systems.Prayer, a practice common to most religions might be practiced in… Continue reading Social Darwinism
Atoms by Clerk Maxwell
From 1875 Encyclopedia Britannica article Atoms From James Clerk Maxwell 1875 Encyclopedia Britannica Article Atoms Complete Article on Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208657 It is well known that living beings may be grouped into a certain nuniber of species, defined with more or less precision, and that it is ditficult or impossible to find a series… Continue reading Atoms by Clerk Maxwell