Gavin's Miscellany
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Philosophy

Philosophy Orientation

  • Philosophy TimelineThis timeline is a navigation spine, not a claim that philosophy is one Western relay race from Greece to Europe. India, China, the Islamic world, Africa, and other traditions have independent and interacting histories that deserve fuller entries as the Miscellany grows.

Physics & Space

Earth History & Geology

  • Geological Time OverviewEarth history is 4.54 billion years long, but the part most familiar from fossils occupies only a thin recent slice. The Phanerozoic Eon — abundant visible animal life — begins only 538.8 million years ago, roughly the last 12% of Earth's history.