The essays in this area are concerned with history and historiography, including essays on significant issues in the history of ideas. The focus is on the philosophy of history and how philosophy can help illuminate or hinder the study of history and what we can know about the past.
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The following is something of a work in progress. I want to discuss the way in which historians use persuasion in arguing for their claims.…Just read the following article in the news today and just wondered what people thought about the issue.Oneiromancey asked about the Cold War in the Auditorium, and the issue came up in the thread on the 2008 presidential race. So I thought…I thought I'd start a thread in which people can talk about the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. It struck me today that the world is…There have been a lot of "End of the World As We Know It" predictions throughout history that were almost never true and yet we…Hello all. Godot and I have been hashing out some ideas in chat about what could be called student-directed education or, alternatively, lateral pedagogy. I'm…A Taser is a weapon that shoots wires and then shock the target with intervals of electrical charges. After the target is shocked, they can…Okay, I think it's time for me to close one of the thought avenues I've pushed on here in the past. At the time I…Okay, lately I've been exploring topics about transhumanism on the internet. davidm asked me to start a thread summarizing the research I've done on the… The Manuscripts
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