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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Friday, December 27, 2024

The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science

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It is difficult to know when to accept history on its own terms. We tend to not condemn the ancient Greeks, Romans, or Jews for having slave...

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Rescuing Aristotle and the Church

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Last night, we started watching Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey on DVD. Still waiting to finish Episode 1, the narrative has problems. The er...

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Scorpio and the Precession of the Equinox

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Sun sign astrology labels me a Scorpio, which is cool. However, right now, the sun is in Virgo. Ephemeris for 22 October 2018 for Aus...

Monday, November 27, 2017

Joy Hakim's "Aristotle Leads the Way"

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Intended for children, The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way by Joy Hakim has many small problems throughout but remains valuable ...

Monday, November 20, 2017

COPERNICUS ON THE REVOLUTION OF HEAVENLY BODIES

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It was not just that Copernicus put the sun at the center of the heavenly system. His book asserted modern ideas about the relativity of mot...

Friday, August 3, 2012

Science in the Middle Ages

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Objectivists value the scientific method as the cornerstone of the engineering achievements of our civilization from structural trusses and...

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