The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Bald chimpanzees

If the realities of sex don't convince you of our animal origins nothing will.

Unless,  .  .  .  , well, unless any of a great many things is (or are) true, incompatible with what is called "natural history," in one or another respect.

Phenomenalism, say.

Or, more drastically, solipsism.

Imagine foundationalism built on sand.

Or marsh.

And the upper stories pretty dubious, too.

All the same, everything goes as if  .  .  .  .

Well,  sort of.

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