Month: October 2008

Jeffrey Thayne Aristotle believed that there were abstract truths, or natural laws, in response to which men formed positive laws.

Jeffrey Thayne In my previous post, I explained how experimentation is essentially a kind of logical argument. Based upon this

Nathan Richardson For the first part of this satirical conversation, read “A Modest Lifestyle Proposal.” In it, two people converse

Nathan Richardson In 1729, Jonathan Swift wrote a satirical piece called “A Modest Proposal,” in which he facetiously suggests that

Jeffrey Thayne In Plato, we saw a tension between two different accounts of law: one as an imperfect, man-made set

Jeffrey Thayne In our age, science has attained a respected status that has largely gone unchallenged. I suspect there are

This post will remain at the forefront of our site until 5 Nov. 2008. However, we will continue to post

Jeffrey Thayne Before we discuss Aristotle’s thoughts on law, we must consider for a moment the purpose of law. Robin

Jeffrey Thayne Last weekend, I posted notes from my philosophy of law class on this site. The post was quite

Nathan Richardson Put in …Out comes … 2 4 5 7 6 8 Pattern MyNumber + 2 When I was