Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Yeah, Greg gets cancelled. Just read the Stephens article. Not as detailed/useful as I’d hoped. I wouldn’t cancel her, I don’t think she should be, and her fear is both justified and something she should not have to endure. Embarrassm…

In reply to mlyoung57. At this level of abstraction (the one of your last comment), we basically agree. The difference is one of emphasis and application. I agree that not just the woke Left, but the Left, is overly fixated on race and ethnicity, and i…

In reply to mlyoung57. The picture was professionally done by the University, one of the better accomplishments of its PR division. Oddly enough, the fabulous shot taken of me is no longer available on the Felician website. LikeLiked by 1 person

In reply to mlyoung57. The second sentence, especially the part after the dash, explains the first. LikeLike

I didn’t feel dominated. I did feel morally disgusted and saddened by the spectacle — and had the desire to remove the cause of it from the scene. LikeLike

I’m sorry for your loss, Irfan. I liked her even though I mostly knew here through her comments at your events at Felician. What a nice photo of her! LikeLiked by 1 person

Thanks. Extremely helpful to get your push-back. I agree with many of your specific points, though not your conclusion. I don’t have time to reply in much detail, but here are several points. (1) Yes, right-wing Zionists, as well as the woke chur…

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From the classic discussion of the psychology of interruption in discourse: a power-oriented interruption is an attempt to establish dominance over an interlocutor by non-rational, semi-coercive means. In a televised debate, the television audience is a sort of interlocutor, so interruptions can be interpreted as attempts to establish dominance over the audience. In this context,…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I think the more dialectically appropriate term would be “excusable envy.” Yes, I hate Gary’s productiveness for its productiveness, true. But to paraphrase Rawls and putting him into dialectical conversa…