All of human knowledge is summed up, possibly, in the opening words from this study: “How to Think about Nonconceptual Content,” Walter Hopp, New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy, vol. 10, 2010, pp. 1-24. Professor Hopp explains: “The current debate over nonconceptual content is of fundamental importance for both phenomenology and the theory of knowledge. […]
Year: 2017
Anything goes with Ecological Niche Modelling? Even Sasquatch?
Authors J. D. Lozier, P. Aniello and M. J. Hickerson remind us, in a 2009 editorial for the Journal of Biogeography that : “[…] very sensible-looking, well-performing (based on AUC and threshold tests) ENMs [Ecological Niche Models] can be constructed from questionable observation data.“ They demonstrate by building an Ecological Niche Model to predict the […]
The Cultural Meaning of ‘Everybody, Let’s Tighten the Anus’
What depths has the anus song? This study takes a look: ” ‘Everybody, Let’s Tighten the Anus’: Exploring the Social and Cultural Meaning of a Korean Folksong,” Joonseong Lee [pictured here], Journal of Media and Religion, vol. 11, no. 4, 2012, pp. 216-230. The author, at California State University San Marcos, explains: “The immanent approach to the […]
“Learning to love the secret language of urine”
Dr. Jonathan Reisman writes, in the Washington Post, about his professional love affair with a body fluid: Many physicians are actively drawn to a particular bodily fluid, intrigued by its unique diagnostic mysteries. Each fluid that runs through the body is a language in which diseases speak to physicians, telling them what is wrong with […]