Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Policy of Truth) W. David Solomon (1944-2025), RIP
My dissertation advisor and grad school mentor, William David Solomon (he went by “David”), died this past Wednesday, February 26th. He was 81. I learned a great deal from him, and regret that we hadn’t spoken in over a decade. He became my advisor somewhat by accident. I went to Notre Dame primarily to study…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Tales out of school
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Marvin, 3/1/25 When I was in graduate school, I was the TA for a class taught by an…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: The Siege of Eregion, Part II: What Siege Camp?
This is the second part of our [your guess is as good as mine] part series looking at the Siege of Eregion from the second season of Amazon’s Rings of Power. Last week, we saw how the logistics of this sequence absolutely do not work: Adar’s army has to cover an absurd amount of territory…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Friday is for avoiding suffering
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Pardon My Planet, 2/28/25 Not sure how we’re meant to understand the scenario here: did this couple literally…
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(QC RSS) They Never Return Her Texts
You gotta admit, when Anh makes a decision, she really makes a decision
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(xkcd.com) Excusing Yourself
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Makes you cool in this situation
New comic!Today’s News: You can still late pledge in our 2024 Kickstarter! Check it out here!Want printed books or swag? Check out our store!https://tinyurl.com/yc56p4hwWe also have books available in bookstores and comic shops:https://tinyurl.com…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Teen faces
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Hi and Lois, 2/27/25 Now, like me, you probably read this strip and immediately recoiled in disgust at…
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(QC RSS) Acing The Interview
SO charming 🙂
Got any book recommendations?