Burn After Reading
Reading Burn After Reading. Coen meet Freud.
Private and Public Morality
Public vs. Public Morality
Vallicella on Curchland
Vallicella on Eliminative Materialism. Also see his post on what Eliminative Materialism is.
Ontological Argument
Richard refutes Anselm. I think just thinking through all the ways to refute the ontological argument are interesting. It’s an excellent problem to think through. I like Kant’s existence is not a property approach best. Marion also has a discussion about whether the ontological argument is ontological at all. I’m not sure I agree with [...]
Far Side
Far Side reenactments (HT: BCC)
Meaning of Life?
What is the Mormon answer to the meaning of life? I always took us as more Nietzschean than Utilitarian. That is I think happiness isn’t the meaning of life but merely something we obtain while pursuing it.
We’re Back
OK, Christmas is over so regular posting will be resuming today. My number one topic focus this week will be Blake’s book which I wasn’t able to dedicate the time to that I wished the prior two months. So if you have his third volume I look forward to your comments.
Nauvoo Polygamy
Nauvoo polygamy. Fantastic discussion that made me reconsider several things. (Although the trolls come in after a while) Also a the earlier post on the same which has some great comments as well.
Divine Council
FPR on the Divine Council in Hebrew literature.
Brains and Spirituality
Brains and spirituality. Or why discovering cognitive units for spirituality should be expected and not be shocking to the religious person.
Intuitions of Free Will
Intuitions of free will. Not at all unexpectedly different people have different intuitions.
The Sorites Paradox and Arithmetic
The Sorites paradox and non-standard arithmetic. Great post. This issue of vagueness is one of my favorite philosophical topics.
Facts about Drugs
Facts about drugs. There were several things I didn’t know. However it is clear Mexico is in a virtual civil war with their army suffering more deaths than our army has faced in Iraq. Think about that. I suspect the political realities means that Obama won’t engage this issue. Although taxing alcohol higher and making [...]
Peirce on Universals
A few Peircean thoughts related to that quote about Derrida from yesterday.
Political Ignorance
Volokh makes the case that voters of both parties are ignorant. The scariest thing about our democracy is how elections are rarely decided on the issues.
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