The Scientists' Lament
The Scientists’ Lament This scientists' lament is being shared widely over social media and concerns an issue I have been addressing for...
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Peter Critchley
Jul 30, 202224 min read
Digging and Healing: The Work of Reconnection and Restoration
Gustave Dore, The Angel of Peace indicating to Dante where to ascend Digging and Healing: The Work of Reconnection and Restoration An...
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Peter Critchley
May 3, 202251 min read
Metaphysical Reconstruction - Foundations, Reason, and Reality
The fundamental question of the age Can a society sustain itself if its members aren’t willing to nurture the roots that gave birth to it...
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Peter Critchley
Jan 23, 20222 min read
The Dialectics of Socio-Ecological Sustainability
Abstract conceptions of sustainability always look reasonable on paper. The test is how these translate into the field of practical...
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Peter Critchley
Jan 14, 202221 min read
The Environmental Problem is Political, and so is the solution.
The Problem is Political, and so is the solution. I would like to comment on this article: Scientists call for a moratorium on climate...
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Peter Critchley
Dec 10, 202112 min read
Knowing History, Politics, and Human Beings
Scientist and climate campaigner Michael Mann called upon YouTube to remove what he calls ‘climate denial videos’ from its forum. “Hey...
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Peter Critchley
Dec 8, 20215 min read
The Dangers of Environmental Overspill and Appropriation
And then there are the days when you stun the ever-active and loudly vocal eco-warriors into silence. The innocent lambs are suddenly...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 30, 202121 min read
The Motivational Economy
The Motivational Economy [Written October 2020] This post has been incited by comments made by a number of people involved in bridging...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 27, 202115 min read
In Defence of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful
In Defence of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. On the Loss of Transcendence and the Decline of the West By Jordan B. Cooper This...
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Peter Critchley
Oct 28, 202127 min read
A little more conversation, a little less action, please
A little more conversation, a little less action, please; All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning anyone. I am reading people trying...
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Peter Critchley
May 2, 20217 min read
The Corruption of Science, Politics, and Ethics
How science has been corrupted The pandemic has revealed a darkly authoritarian side to expertise Matthew Crawford This recently...
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Peter Critchley
Dec 26, 202019 min read
Teasing Out Truth: A Word in Praise of Sophism
Teasing Out Truth Bridging the Gap Between Theoretical Reason and Practical Reason Objective Truth and Subjective Appreciation In my work...
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Peter Critchley
Dec 20, 20209 min read
Naturism, Romanticism, and Technocracy
Classless, amoral, and non-political. Such is the self-image of would-be planetary managers, a technocracy that works hand-in-hand with...
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Peter Critchley
Dec 19, 202016 min read
Against Homo Superior
We’ve seen them before in history. And here they all are again, Homo Superior, the people who claim to be 'evolutionary leaders.' Barbara...
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Peter Critchley
Dec 18, 202014 min read
Taking Practical Reason Seriously
Taking Practical Reason Seriously I would like to comment on this conversation with Danny Cullenward and David Victor, authors of a new...
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Peter Critchley
Jul 13, 201918 min read
Dialectic and Disclosure
Disclosing Truth The photograph is of the sculpture of Pythagoras in the Incarnation Portal of the west façade of Chartres Cathedral....
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