> Your post reminds me of Philip Kitcher’s intro to
> his book Vaulting Ambition.
Funny you should mention. I just picked up this book from the recycled-books table in my building, and have been reading it with great pleasure. My only regret is that it's not recent enough to contain a few whacks at that unspeakable creep Stephen Pinker.
(Pinker gets his 'umble toiler's paycheck from Harvard, that New Jerusalem of the Credentialling Sector, bee-tee-dubs.)
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