Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Thoughts and Prayers for Donald Trump Redux by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. But if I adopt a fictionalist stance on Trump, then I will not need to wait till “Trump ceases to have non-fictional existence,” because I will then hold that he has never had non-fictional existence in the first…
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(QC RSS) An Old Familiar Face
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Lt. Potter
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Thoughts and Prayers for Donald Trump Redux by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. You can, but only after Trump ceases to have non-fictional existence. So either you have to wait for him to pass out of existence, or you have to expedite the process. There are pros and cons to either approach. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Thoughts and Prayers for Donald Trump Redux by Roderick T. Long
“Would any offense involved be mitigated by the suggestion that the petitioner was a fictionalist about religious utterances?” Can I be a fictionalist about the existence of Donald Trump? LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Thoughts and Prayers for Donald Trump Redux
It seems appropriate to offer thoughts and prayers for Donald Trump at this challenging time. God speed. And Happy Bastille Day.
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly come next…
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(Summer Wind Apartment Homes) In the News: Auburn City Council Approved Five Projects
Auburn City Council meets twice a month to discuss a list of agendas that must be reviewed and approved for the city. Auburn City Council approved five projects to benefit the residents and local economy. The Boykin-Donahue Campus Project. Authorizing an amendment to the Boykin-Donahue Campus Project will provide for the additional services needed to…
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(Our World in Data) Peak global population and other key findings from the 2024 UN World Population Prospects
Falling fertility rates, migration movements, and China’s population decline.
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(QC RSS) A Knock At The Door
turns out I don’t have Pintsize’s usual dialog font on my ipad so he gets to have the same voice as the human characters while I’m traveling
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(The GiveWell Blog) More than a Spoonful of Medicine
What does it take to prevent malaria? Some of the programs GiveWell recommends might sound straightforward—for example, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programs provide antimalarial drugs to young children—but the process of accomplishing this is not simple at all. Below, we offer a post from Malaria Consortium that describes the many complex steps required to carry…
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