Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I think your view on these matters is more worked-out than mine. You seem to accept certain premises of ontological and methodological individualism that many libertarians accept, but take them even more seriously than many l…

In reply to mlyoung57. I’m not a libertarian, so while I am trying to explore the resources that a libertarian has for dealing with problems of this sort, my own concern is really ontological, not normative. I favor a reduction of what you’…

It’s always a pleasure to wander around this area with you when we’re in San Diego!

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I agree with much of what you say in these responses to my comment. However — though I appreciate the consistency (and to some extend plausibility) of your effort to frame large-social-scale, apparently-muddy-lines-of-c…

“How would you like it if we referred to you as roderick t long?” I’ve seen worse. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I am disappointed that you fail to accord the State proper respect by capitalizing its first letter. The State has earned its entitlement to respect across millennia by butchering and maiming far more people, and destroyin…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Thanks. Given Kevin’s output, a great deal of philosophy becomes anaphoric of necessity. LikeLike