Necessary Facts

Observations, reports, and discoveries that are true of necessity because they are perceivable and reasonable, empirical and logical, evidentiary and rational, synthetic and analytic. Truths are objective statements.

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Saturday, July 4, 2020

From the Declaration of Independence

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rig...

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Charles Babbage: Codebreaker

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Few names stand out in the history of computing as do Charles Babbage and his Difference Engine. The Difference Engine was only a dem...

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Postmodernism

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On The Federalist blog is a recent essay identifying Pres. Donald Trump as an anti-postmodernist. (“Donald Trump is the First President to...

Monday, December 12, 2016

Newtonmas 2016: Great Man or Social Forces?

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December 25 is the traditional birthday of Sir Isaac Newton(1). So, some fans and followers of physics, and perhaps some professionals, c...

Sunday, February 22, 2015

The Problem of Cultural Patrimony

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From Agent Presse France via Al-Arabiya online here On February 18, 2015, news services (Reuters here ) reported that a group of a...

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Science of Liberty

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The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature by Timothy Ferris is excellent assembly of cogent essays is an extended...

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