Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to David Potts. I can’t speak to the second, comparative issue you bring up, but I think that Cowen’s claim is implausible. More precisely, the distinction he’s drawing, between a minimalist and a more maximal conception of a…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Sorry to take so long to get to this. I think you make a good case here. The basic argument: There’s a difference between, on the one hand, merely establishing and enforcing the equal, impersonal rules of the societal g…

In reply to whatever. Hi “whatever”, Thanks for reading my long post and taking the trouble to comment. you seem somewhat confused about the contents of arguments you’re outlining Sorry, bruh! I’ll try to do better going forward. 🙂 Mo…

From B’Tselem, link displaying 1-20 of 1,233 incidents, with incident from December 2, 2023: https://www.btselem.org/settler_violence_updates_list https://www.btselem.org/settler_violence_updates_list#215487 LikeLike

From B’Tselem, “Forcible transfer of isolated communities and families in Area C under cover of Gaza fighting,” 1,009 persons as of December 19, 2023: https://www.btselem.org/settler_violence/20231019_forcible_transfer_of_isolated_com…

BEITUNIA, West Bank — This time of year, Palestinian olive farmers are usually hard at work in their groves. But during this harvest season, 35-year-old West Bank farmer Thaer el Taher can only look out on his hillside olive groves from afar. Because o…