Empiricism

Words of Wisdom From John Locke

Ensure Everybody but Yourself Drinks Responsibly

So, I’m out of town for a funeral. I skipped the seven-hour commissioners’ meeting so I could get the boss’ taxes ready for the CPA and file the briefs I…

Thus Saith Aristotle

The letters to the editor of the Mountain Xpress are proving the most interesting part of local news these days. Today, following the caption, “Climate-Change Deniers Lack Scientific Authority,” one…

Hanson probes the Left’s selective use of empirical data

Victor Davis Hanson examines for National Review Online readers the Left’s inconsistent reliance on sound scientific data as it pushes a political agenda. President Obama entered office promising to restore…

If Climate Change, Then True

Science is empiricism and logic. Like government, those who practice it are immune from political persuasion.

Tyrantasaurus Wrecks

Change has me feeling despondent. I felt obliged to respond to what was going down in DC, but remain too entrenched in the world of empiricism and logic for it…

Who Has Seen the Wind?

A member of Asheville City Council recently justified her junkets stating she was a kinesthetic learner. Well, I’m an empiricist, trained in the scientific method, and I would appreciate it…

John Locke’s Birthday

Today is John Locke’s birthday. Born in 1632 in Wrington, Somerset, England. Read George Stephens wonderful essay on Locke’s Legacy  that he wrote for the John Locke Foundation. For more…

Some Unsolicited Aristotelian Advice

Traveling back and forth to the Piedmont and the Sandhills to deliver lectures this month, I realized once again that one’s theorizing should be grounded in particulars. Take a weekend…

Who Was John Locke?

One of the “three greatest men that have ever lived,” according to Thomas Jefferson. On a holiday visit to Monticello in Charlottesville, I was delighted to see a portrait of…