Don Howard
@donhoward.bsky.social
Philosopher of Science and Tech Ethicist
After having posted about the termination of a colleague's NEH grant, it appears that I'm now blocked by FB from responding to comments and likes to that post.
April 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
After having posted about the termination of a colleague's NEH grant, it appears that I'm now blocked by FB from responding to comments and likes to that post.
Phi Sci friends: Please explain to me why there is no Wikipedia page for Richard Rudner. Few people are as important to the history of our discipline.
January 25, 2024 at 3:44 AM
Phi Sci friends: Please explain to me why there is no Wikipedia page for Richard Rudner. Few people are as important to the history of our discipline.
A few weeks ago I received an extraordinary gift from the artist and writer, Stacy Saviski. Yes, it's an image of Einstein. Stunning, to be sure. But look closely at the "hair." Each bit is carefully cut from the pages of one of my papers on Einstein and then attached individually to the canvas.
January 9, 2024 at 7:20 PM
A few weeks ago I received an extraordinary gift from the artist and writer, Stacy Saviski. Yes, it's an image of Einstein. Stunning, to be sure. But look closely at the "hair." Each bit is carefully cut from the pages of one of my papers on Einstein and then attached individually to the canvas.
Last year, I was interviewed for a podcast on Einstein produced by the Leo Baeck Institute, featuring prominent Jewish exiles from Nazism. Now a German version of the series has been produced, and the Einstein podcast was released today. If you've never heard me speaking German, here's your chance!
Exil Folge 3 - Albert Einstein
Caputh, ein verschlafenes Städtchen an einem See bei Berlin. Dort dient ein gemütliches Sommerhaus als privates Refugium für einen der berühmtesten Männer de...
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December 21, 2023 at 7:44 PM
Last year, I was interviewed for a podcast on Einstein produced by the Leo Baeck Institute, featuring prominent Jewish exiles from Nazism. Now a German version of the series has been produced, and the Einstein podcast was released today. If you've never heard me speaking German, here's your chance!
My latest acquisition. Published in 1929 in a limited edition to honor Einstein's fiftieth birthday. It is a collection of occasional remarks by Einstein on a wide variety of topics.
November 22, 2023 at 12:07 AM
My latest acquisition. Published in 1929 in a limited edition to honor Einstein's fiftieth birthday. It is a collection of occasional remarks by Einstein on a wide variety of topics.
HOPOS Friends -- Please point me to literature on the way in which the left wing of the Vienna Circle viewed the relationship between history and philosophy of science.
Don
Don
October 19, 2023 at 10:43 PM
HOPOS Friends -- Please point me to literature on the way in which the left wing of the Vienna Circle viewed the relationship between history and philosophy of science.
Don
Don
Which is worse? That Academia.edu is crossing a line by launching their own journals? Or that they think that I'm an expert on molecular biology and genomics?
October 13, 2023 at 11:24 PM
Which is worse? That Academia.edu is crossing a line by launching their own journals? Or that they think that I'm an expert on molecular biology and genomics?