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Science and the mirror of philosophy (36 Views of Mount CritRat): blog.oddly-influenced.dev

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A swerve in the series: mental habits: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

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Blind spot 2: Revolution: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

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Background: actually, Marxists were better than that: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

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Structuralism: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

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Blind spot 1: Immiseration: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

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Prelude to a discussion of blind spots: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

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Popper by example: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

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The Road to Lakatos: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/12/09/the-road-to-lakatos.html","date_published":"2025-12-09T23:42:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-09 23:42","date_timestamp":1765323765,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79277573","content_html":"

Working backward from the theory to the observation: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/12/03/working-backward-from-the-theory.html","date_published":"2025-12-03T23:27:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-03 23:27","date_timestamp":1764804424,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79200649","content_html":"

William James on pragmatism: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

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Rorty on pragmatism: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

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Entity realism: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/11/28/entity-realism.html","date_published":"2025-11-28T21:35:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-28 21:35","date_timestamp":1764365713,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78423430","content_html":"

In which I take on the binary: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/11/20/in-which-i-take-on.html","date_published":"2025-11-20T22:01:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-20 22:01","date_timestamp":1763676101,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"77364875","content_html":"

Jaina seven-valued logic: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/11/05/jaina-sevenvalued-logic.html","date_published":"2025-11-06T00:19:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-06 00:19","date_timestamp":1762388394,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76976668","content_html":"

Hypertext 2: Zettelkasten: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

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Bright and dull cows (2025 remix): blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/10/19/bright-and-dull-cows-remastered.html","date_published":"2025-10-19T15:01:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-19 15:01","date_timestamp":1760886072,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"75798596","content_html":"

Essentially contested concepts – a catchy idea without a catchy name: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/10/14/essentially-contested-concepts-a-catchy.html","date_published":"2025-10-15T01:15:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-15 01:15","date_timestamp":1760490944,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"75791105","content_html":"

ecc: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/10/14/ecc.html","date_published":"2025-10-14T22:40:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-14 22:40","date_timestamp":1760481622,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"75304761","content_html":"

Always ask what your abstraction has abstracted away: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/10/08/always-ask-what-your-abstraction.html","date_published":"2025-10-08T15:25:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-08 15:25","date_timestamp":1759937150,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"74885951","content_html":"

draft: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/10/02/draft.html","date_published":"2025-10-02T22:19:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-02 22:19","date_timestamp":1759443569,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"74128297","content_html":"

Hypertext 1: Wiki traditional: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/09/22/hypertext-wiki-traditional.html","date_published":"2025-09-22T21:10:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-22 21:10","date_timestamp":1758575445,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"72959223","content_html":"

A proposal to resurrect the Republic of Letters: blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/09/06/a-proposal-to-resurrect-the.html","date_published":"2025-09-06T23:26:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-06 23:26","date_timestamp":1757201165,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"53002931","content_html":"

Applying structuralism to \"How to Deconstruct Almost Anything\": blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2024/12/22/applying-structuralism-to-how-to.html","date_published":"2024-12-22T23:41:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-22 23:41","date_timestamp":1734910912,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"52717219","content_html":"

Deconstructing (cruddily) \"How to Deconstruct Almost Everything\": blog.oddly-influenced.dev

","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2024/12/19/how-to-deconstruct.html","date_published":"2024-12-19T23:15:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Marick","url":"https://marick.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fa523012f661f603806ab1c22d855216f%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"marick"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-19 23:15","date_timestamp":1734650126,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}