Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Libertarian Bloggers Are Failing Us by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to sean samis. Am slowly grinding through my reading, so will get to that soon. Another one, worth reading all the way through. In one sense, the story shows that New Jersey is behind the reformist curve (we’re one of five states that d…
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(The GiveWell Blog) Why you’ll see more matching campaigns at GiveWell
Lots of charities run matching campaigns with claims like “Give today and double your impact!” We’re generally skeptical of these claims, which are true only if the matching donor would not have otherwise given to the charity. We guess that many donors who are motivated to make a large gift to charity (as donors who…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – You hungry
New comic!Today’s News: Our Kickstarter is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixietrixcomix/pixie-trix-comix-volume-1-and-more
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(QC RSS) It’s Theremin Time
hey meundies get at me about a qc sponsorship
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( Comments for Austro-Athenian Empire ) Comment on Who Wrote the Discourse on Voluntary Servitude ? by Joe Abbate
I found this post when looking for FOS (I’m afraid the $20 online copy is no longer available). Based on searching the Google Books version, it appears that FOS has five references to Armaingaud. He wrote _Montaigne pamphlétaire: l’énigme d…
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(Cat and Girl) How to Not Go Crazy
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on a puzzle and a solution regarding the rational ‘ought’ by mlyoung57
Some clarifications, additional points, changes of mind (clarifying to me, hopefully to others as well)… It occurs to me that, in the right sort of “lost phone” case like this, I (i) exhibit some sufficient lack of conscientiousness o…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Epistemic and Ethical Justification: A Puzzle by mlyoung57
In reply to sean samis. Just philosopher-slang for analyzed or explained in terms of, so the proposal here is one in which justification is explained by rationality. LikeLike
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(QC RSS) Getting Hammered
No!!!
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The “Borders” of Gaza by “Tears of Gaza” | Policy of Truth
[…] Palestine have focused almost entirely on East Jerusalem and the West Bank. I’ve been up to the Israeli “border” with Gaza, and technically speaking have spent time within Gaza, but have never visited Gaza “for real,&#…
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