Bill Vanderburgh

#philosophyofscience #hps

Philosophy of Astrophysics This is an open access book. This book, the first edited collection of its kind, explores the recent emergence of philosophical research in astrophysics.

And in case you haven't heard of this one:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Philosophy of Cosmology and Astrophysics Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Philosophy of Cosmology and Astrophysics

New Cambridge Element in Philosophy of Physics just out:

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

I lay this at the feet of DOGE and all of their enablers.

Atheism: Believing God Does Not Exist - 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology This essay introduces some of the core philosophical issues about atheism: what it is, how and why people accept atheism, and the relationships between atheism and meaning in life and ethics.

New!

"Atheism: Believing God Does Not Exist" by Nathan Nobis

#atheism #atheist #theism #theist #religion #philosophy

1000wordphilosophy.com/2025/09/21/a...

I know about a pretty big scoop on Brett Kavanaugh that should be dropping Monday at a big outlet. If you think SCOTUS is corrupt now,

#superseabirdsunday

A brown pelican landing on the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California, backlit by sunset.

#superseabirdsaturday
#marinelife
#birds #wildlifephotography

Wow, first time I've seen him underwater in this poll with white people. He has negative disapproval across every possible cohort.

During lockdown I taught a philosophy of cosmology course, for students with little/no math/science. Students and I had a great time. Happy to share my materials if you are interested. Took a historical approach rather than starting with the state of the art.

Seagull stands on a cloud above the shore as the sky reflects the beach.

Take that, all you unsuspecting brains out there.

#wildlife #birds #seagulls #illusion #photography

Land of the surveilled; home of the snitches

I commute from Alexandria, VA, to Baltimore, MD. In 19 years have dealt with traffic. I have seen accidents. But nothing prepared me for the daily blockade of police and national guardsmen standing in the right lane of a major DC artery, slowing traffic, peering into cars, and pulling people over.

“Life on the slippery Earth” is something I will think about a lot.

Virtue as a collective activity makes sense to me.

You see a lot online these days about co-regulation of emotions—maybe that is a part of co-regulation of our moral lives, too.

Aztec moral philosophy didn’t expect anyone to be a saint | Aeon Essays Aztec moral philosophy has profound differences from the Greek tradition, not least its acceptance that nobody is perfect

Interesting article on Aztec moral philosophy. Life on the slippery Earth: Aztec moral philosophy has profound differences from the Greek tradition, not least its acceptance that nobody is perfect. aeon.co/essays/aztec...

Will a recording be posted somewhere?

Texas State Rep. James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social criticizes Christian nationalism as being about the worship of power. "It is incumbent upon believers, upon Christians and people of other faith backgrounds to speak out against this perversion of faith and this subversion of our democracy."

Screenshot of a figure comparing average life expectancy in the United States to comparable countries. The graph shows a steep decline during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Between 1920 and 2020, the average human life span doubled because of the development & widespread use of vaccines, germ theory, & antibiotics.
www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/m...
But life expectancy is declining in the USA: www.npr.org/sections/hea... If vaccine use drops further, it will get worse.

“Neo-liberal capitalism is where the market has whipped the state & is in control of the state by way of debt & by way of control of politicians. And we have been in that for 40 years with disastrous consequences. And if we don’t get out of it, we’re going into a mass extinction event & mass chaos.”

Please follow me on Substack. Here's my latest little piece.

#philosophy
#religion
#government
#politics
#separationofchurchandstate
#USConstitution
#freedomofreligion
#christiannationalism

—Kim Stanley Robinson, interviewed on Wisdom at Work podcast.

t.co/esDtFzch8n

“Neo-liberal capitalism is where the market has whipped the state & is in control of the state by way of debt & by way of control of politicians. And we have been in that for 40 years with disastrous consequences. And if we don’t get out of it, we’re going into a mass extinction event & mass chaos.”

Please follow me on Substack. Here's my latest little piece.

#philosophy
#religion
#government
#politics
#separationofchurchandstate
#USConstitution
#freedomofreligion
#christiannationalism

I'm hearing reports that President Trump's erratic mental state and decaying physical condition are both being driven by continued discussion of the Jeffrey Epstein cover-up, so please, if you care about this man's health and well-being, please, do not mention the Epstein stuff anymore, please.

Public/Religion Never the twain should meet.

open.substack.com/pub/billvand...

FFRF slams Trump for ridiculing atheists and advancing religious agenda at CEO lunch FFRF strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s latest effort to entangle religion and government through a White House event rewarding wealthy business leaders for promoting religion and aligning the...

DJT: “Is there an atheist in the room?… I wouldn’t want to raise my hand if I were. You’d be in big trouble.”

I’m raising my hand. I am an atheist. 🤚

Church/state separation is in tatters as Christian Nationalists continue to impose their extremist agenda on the country.

ffrf.org/news/release...

warning lights flashing like the control board at chernobyl at this point

FFRF slams Trump for ridiculing atheists and advancing religious agenda at CEO lunch FFRF strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s latest effort to entangle religion and government through a White House event rewarding wealthy business leaders for promoting religion and aligning the...

DJT: “Is there an atheist in the room?… I wouldn’t want to raise my hand if I were. You’d be in big trouble.”

I’m raising my hand. I am an atheist. 🤚

Church/state separation is in tatters as Christian Nationalists continue to impose their extremist agenda on the country.

ffrf.org/news/release...

What is consciousness? What are the challenges of studying it scientifically? Can we ‘dissolve’ them? @anilseth.bsky.social gives us some answers in this new #INMINDS interview for @cienciacog.bsky.social about *problems of consciousness (and how to handle them)*! www.cienciacognitiva.org?p=2549