Category Archives: modern views

The Direction of the Horizon

Posted on January 7, 2010 by hoon

Whether there is or is not an absolute thought and an absolute evaluation in each practical problem, my own opinions, which remain capable of error no matter how rigorously I examine them, are still my only equipment for judging. It … Continue reading →

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Hillis Plot

Posted on December 12, 2009 by hoon

Phylogenic Plot of the ‘tree of speciation’ David Hillis*, University of Texas. Close up via interactive version; Colorado.edu. My impression? A humbling depiction. * Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas “The study of evolution … Continue reading →

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HOVERING

Posted on October 24, 2006 by hoon

I had reason to recently provide a colleague with a primer on Social Constructionism. Diving into a stack of papers and rooting through the web, it brought back memories. Good ones too: I’m not a doctrinaire anything let alone a … Continue reading →

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SCIENCE THAT STUDIES THE PROCESS OF KNOWING

Posted on July 18, 2006 by hoon

Yeah, What Bateson said. From a Batesonian perspective, it is the way we classify, make distinctions, and make sense of things that is fundamental. If it is the distinctions we ourselves make that are causes, then it is how we … Continue reading →

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NOVUS ORDO SECLOREM

Posted on April 25, 2005 by hoon

We shall examine whether the perennial anxiety that accompanies imperial hegemony in the New World might be a compensatory gesture for the originary Ishmaelite fate of castoffs relentlessly clamoring for re-integration into the mainline genealogical history as the chosen people. … Continue reading →

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