Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

[…] looks as though every time Kaitlin steps on a university campus, she confirms (1) all over again! And if that’s the case, well (1) must be true! Of course, no one comes to that conclusion who hadn’t started with it in the first pl…

On Wednesday nights, as part of an articulated program with my home institution, I teach a class at Middlesex County College, a community college in Edison, New Jersey about an hour away. A couple of weeks ago, a student walked into class a few minutes late, visibly upset and flustered. I asked her what was…

In reply to highergroundstrategies. Thanks, @highergroundstrategies. The doctrine of states rights has certainly been used to promote white supremacy in the past, but it has more benign uses. Nowadays it’s also being used to protect immigrant rig…

In reply to highergroundstrategies. … to my mind the institution was devised to advance so called states rights – an essentially white supremacist doctrine… Is it? If so, why do you think so? Claims of “states rights” have of co…

Thank you. I look forward to hearing what you think once you’ve had more time to reflect on whether the Electoral College advances or suppresses democracy. As you may have guessed, to my mind the institution was devised to advance so called sta…

In reply to highergroundstrategies. Thanks for those kind comments. I certainly agree with what you say from your fifth sentence on to the end. I very much like the way you put that–that structures of socialization and acculturation thwart politi…

I always appreciate your insights and think there is a lot of truth here. One big issue I have with this is the way too many of us repeat the false narrative that Hillary Clinton lost the election. She lost the Electoral College but won the popular v…

When Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election, there were people out there who were absolutely certain that the explanation was sexism: the American people couldn’t (they insisted) handle the idea of a female president, and voted accordingly. You couldn’t get such people to consider the possibility that maybe Hillary Clinton lost the election because…

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