Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I think the right has something more specific in mind. Maybe something like this: moralistic ostracism, mobbing, destruction of symbols and institutions in the service of moralistic extremism (exaggerated or false moral judgm…

My only comment on this case is that I agree with Krug: her line should be canceled, and given to the Philosophy Department, which should hire me on a tenure track basis. Yes, I will accept a demotion down to Assistant Professor. At any rate, my identi…

Interesting story, reported yesterday in the New York Times. I have mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand, I do think that the initial impetus to cancel this diner was correct. On the other hand, once you agree to negotiations with someone, …

In reply to mlyoung57. Yeah, I basically agree with that. I would, however, say two things about butthurt righties. First of all, nothing in so-called “cancel culture” compares to the outright legislative assault that right-wing legislators…

In reply to mlyoung57. I don’t agree with your take on the Op-Ed, but discussing those details would take us too far afield, so let me set it to one side. I was an avid watcher of “Cops” myself. My objection to it is less specifically…

In reply to mlyoung57. If you think concretely and practically about your lobbying effort against Disney, I think it’s clear that it’s foredoomed to failure at step one. You say that you’d “say your piece” to Disney. How? …

In reply to surfraider31. So, here’s my response–maybe a surprising one to some readers. Just as an opening thought, I don’t regard myself as a leftist, and I doubt any leftists regard me as one, either. I think of myself as a pragmat…

In reply to David Friedman. “He did not offer a rebuttal to my argument but instead offered the ‘if it works, why don’t we observe it’ argument, which I think is the strongest argument for his position.” That would seem to be as…

I was going to go to Tulane, but then Eric Mack left. I was very saddened.

Interesting interview. My version of the criticism of the Objectivist position being discussed, in extensive arguments on humanities.philosophy.objectivism (Usenet), was what I called the prudent predator problem. Why shouldn’t someone violate ri…