Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

[…] and by implication my, most enthusiastic boosters. I recall a long, passionate comment she gave at Professor Mark Denbeaux’s lecture on racial profiling in September 2016, part of the Race and Criminal Justice in America series the Inst…

I was deeply saddened to hear of the passing a few days ago of Carol Manigault, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Felician University. Carol was a dear friend, and one of the very few people I would see in Kirby Hall either “after hours” or on the weekend–there for the same reason as I was,…

[…] Cancel With Them Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth […] LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Ah yes — hatred of the good for being the good, I believe they call it. LikeLike

Well, I got as far as the introduction to Gary’s interview, but I was offended by the sheer magnitude of Gary’s output, so I’m going to boycott the rest, and call for Gary to be canceled forthwith–along with all the publishers w…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I still have neither begun to watch Gary’s interview nor sold my house yet. My life is a shambles. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. You realize that in making that assertion, you are quixotically flouting what “many scholars” have said. Are you really sure you want to do that? LikeLike

In reply to mlyoung57. So, a couple of reactions: One is that you’re distinguishing between acts of coercion and acts of moral intimidation, and suggesting that critics of cancel culture are focusing on the latter issue, not the former. But for …