Archive for April, 2008

What Assumptions Do You Take for Granted?

Knowledge and learning are funny things. Really funny. For example, what most young people know by the time they are in the sixth grade is equivalent to what some of the smartest people in the world knew two thousand years ago (depending on what part of the world you are looking at). A high school

What Does Determinism Mean to You?

Determinism, a currently popular theory of metaphysics, has rather interesting implications for everyday decision-making. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that focuses on various issues about how the world works, such as what kind of stuff it’s made of, what causes events to occur, and what identity consists of. Determinism is a theory of this