Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

“Things went badly but not that badly.” LOL. LikeLike

For some reason, I was seized with paroxysms of laughter at the thought of Ayn Rand’s works havng Stephanus or Bekker numbers. I don’t know why; I don’t think it was intended as a laugh line. I hereby “like” the insight th…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Favorite line: “The project will be funded by a Federal grant.” LikeLike

Agree with everything you say in defense of Adele, and most of what you say about decontextualization, but I have trouble understanding the swipes at cancel culture. Isn’t “cancel culture” the epitome of a meaningless, decontextualized concept? Taken literally, you cancel something when you’ve ordered some commodity, but decide to terminate the order prematurely. Once…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Well, as Rand wrote in “Zen and the Art of Laissez-Faire Capitalism”: “under capitalism, the market is continually in a state of indeterminate flux – just like the world.” (And don’t forget her…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Off topic, but: I find myself wondering how Friedman would have fared had he edited the posthumously released works of Ayn Rand. Imagine an essay in which Rand expresses surprising agreement with, and admiration for, Rawls…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I remember being suspicious when Hayek’s hostile remarks about Rawls in The Fatal Conceit were so much at odds with his previously saying he was largely in agreement with Rawls (a claim that I think Kevin V. makes good …

“As a child, I saw a glimpse of the pre-World War I world, the last afterglow of the most radiant cultural atmosphere in human history (achieved not by Russian, but by Western culture). So powerful a fire does not die at once: even under the Soviet reg…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I just looked, and Friedman is neither mentioned in Bartley’s Editorial Foreword nor in Hayek’s Preface. Unbelievable. LikeLike