Anti-immigration sentiment is vehement these days. What are its roots? In part, it lies in the mistaken view that a get-tough-on-illegal-immigration policy would have the positive consequences of protecting jobs and fighting crime. Refuting this line of thought, as easy as it apparently is, is a job for sociologists, not philosophers. A more basic motivation is a fear among Continue Reading …
Book Review: The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science
Students of philosophy usually begin their study of Aristotle with his ethical writings, and then make their way to his metaphysics and epistemology. Eventually serious students of Aristotle must hunker down and work through the biological writings. For only by seeing how Aristotle appeals to form in his account of particular kinds of living things can one appreciate what form Continue Reading …