Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to mlyoung57. Yes, I agree. Indeed, any structural realist would agree with this, I think. LikeLiked by 1 person

Pleasure itself is good. In particular, (a) if X has a pleasant or enjoyable experience, this is inherently good for X in that it is part of (not just something that promotes) X’s well-being and (b) X’s pleasant or enjoyable experience is inherently or non-instrumentally good or valuable to X (the experience is non-instrumentally agent-relatively…

In reply to David Potts. I’ll definitely take a look at Blackburn’s piece. But spatial location seems to causally explain stuff (e.g., why the characteristic effects of this kind of entity having that kind of property happen here not there)…

In reply to stephenmlindsay. Whoa! Just came across this quote from Finkelstein’s Substack: “I, for one, will never begrudge—on the contrary, it warms every fiber of my soul—the scenes of Gaza’s smiling children as their arrogant Jewish supremacist opp…

In reply to mlyoung57. Hi Michael, However, ‘particle’ and ‘location’ seem to mean (and refer to) categorical elements that explain some of the dispositions (e.g., why just these things are affected by the thing in this way). Are these concepts mistake…

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In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Yes, you understand my position. It’s not that I have no understanding of the issues, it’s just that I mostly hear from conservatives and Jewish writers. Their narrative is self-consistent and makes sense, but I haven’t done …