by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Sep 27, 2021 | animals, Bad Advertising, Bees, Climate Change, Discursive Gap, Interspecies Communication, Naturverlassenheit, pollution, Publications, Side-effects, Syndemics, Systems thinking, Uncategorized
In an Earth Day issue of Time magazine (April 26/ May3 2021), we have an advertisement from the RJ Reynolds (or Reynolds American) tobacco company “Natural” American Spirits proclaiming “in more ways than one, bees are worthy of our love.” Yes,...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jun 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Responding to an article in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/01/wuhan-coronavirus-lab-leak-covid-virus-origins-china the medical ethnobotanist and philosopher Stephen Buhner had the following astute observations (posted in Facebook):...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | May 18, 2021 | Biosemiotics, Decolonization, Interspecies Communication, philosophy of science, Plants, Publications, Uncategorized
I’m happy that a paper I first drafted in 2015 made it to the light of day in Environmental Values this week: “Plant Philosophy and Interpretation: Making Sense of Contemporary Plant Intelligence Debates.” This paper grew out of an Austrian Science...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Apr 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Some entitlements are deserved: added respect and deference for those who have dedicated their lives to the common good; accommodation for the elderly, pregnant women, children, and those who need it; respect for those who have sacrificed their own good and interests...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Mar 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Cargo vessel stuck in Suez Canal drives up shipping losses estimating $9 billion per day” – CBS’ headline reads Global commodity markets can fail spectacularly. One little tie up like a stuck boat, and $9 billion is lost a day. What people...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Feb 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
As part of my procrastination today from writing my book, I stumbled upon this video by the YouTube science communicator Veritasium. What’s so lovely about the video is how clearly it explains reams of philosophical debates between liberals and libertarians in...
