As regular readers know, I champion ‘synthetic philosophy.’ I tend to present synthetic philosophers as being hybrids: drawing on the more general art of recognizing conceptual patterns combined with a foundational expertise in some generic scientific/mathematical model or technique.| digressionsimpressions.substack.com
One of the oddities of philosophy as a kind of disciplined practice (so being inclusive of the professionals and the serious (ahh) amateurs) is the surprising lack of sustained interest in the conditions that give rise to philosophy as (ahh) a social kind.| digressionsimpressions.substack.com
While reading Joseph Tainter’s (1988) The Collapse of Complex Societies (recall this post; and here), I had noted that he frequently criticizes Alfred Kroeber’s analysis of the collapse of societies.| digressionsimpressions.substack.com
More than a month ago, I agreed to an offer to be a visiting scholar at a private US university next year.| digressionsimpressions.substack.com
