Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Contradictions of Institutional Neutrality by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. True that Hobbes’s view seems a bit un-Hobbesian. But the Hobbesian part is seeing the desire to please as a means to consciousness of one’s own power rather than any sort of concern for the other person. Which …
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Contradictions of Institutional Neutrality by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. So why doesn’t the felicity of life consist in lust satisfied? I had actually read both of those passages before, but had forgotten that Hobbes’s conception of lust is so reciprocal. Seems un-Hobbesian somehow….
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(QC RSS) QC Rerun Time 2025 #3
A Bembo comic! Man I love these. IIRC, the whole idea for Bembo started off on twitter when I went on a bit of a “dumb barbarian but not in the way you’d expect” style of shitposting spree. Then later that year I needed some filler comics for the wee…
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(xkcd.com) Fishing
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(The GiveWell Blog) Podcast Episode 18: Behind the Planet Money ALIMA Grant Story
This episode follows up on the November 26, 2025 episode of Planet Money, “Saving lives with fewer dollars,” which covered GiveWell’s evaluation of a grant to the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) to maintain primary healthcare, hospital services, and malnutrition treatment in two subdistricts of North Cameroon following unexpected aid cuts earlier this year.…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) What vile Scots obscenity is Ian shouting here? Sound off in the comments
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! Blondie, 12/9/25 I’m pretty impressed that Alexander and Cookie have figured out how to mirror both their phones…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Michael Sugrue (1957-2024), RIP by Franklee
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – New at this
New comic!Today’s News: You can now read Exorsisters on Pixie Trix Comix. It’ll update Monday to Friday! :)Want printed books or swag? Check out our store!https://tinyurl.com/yc56p4hwWe also have books available in bookstores and comic shops:…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Contradictions of Institutional Neutrality by Roderick T. Long
“This passage make me wonder whether Hobbes ever had sex, and if so, what he thought about it” He did indeed have thoughts about it. Simon Blackburn is fond of pairing these two quotations, one from Hobbes and one from Kant, to show that H…
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(Policy of Truth) Psycho Circus
Follow these instructions precisely. As a preliminary precaution, first visit the bathroom. Then find coverage of the rock group KISS at the Kennedy Center Honors last night. Then listen in sequence to the songs “Psycho Circus,” and “Lick It Up,” and see if you can hold it together. Don’t skip the videos. If it’s not…
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