The Inner Light
Briefly, towards the end of another post long ago, I indicated that I felt some affinity to humanism. And in conversation comrade philosophers have expressed some surprise at my self-identification as a humanist. A going interest for me is how we formal philosophers relate to other parts of the field, so in the spirit of using one's blog for self-indulgent musings that one can pretend have wider interest, I thought I would use this space to clarify how and why I feel it appropriate to describe myself as a humanist. (Not really going to dwell on it here, but folk interested in the relationship between formal philosophy -- especially logic -- and the humanities should also check out this essay by Greg Restall.) I am a humanist in the following vague sense. I have great faith in people's capacity to peacefully come together and do better than we've thus far done. Not only do I hope for a better world that we can all share in, but I think su...