Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Policy of Truth) Hilary Putnam’s Model-Theoretic Argument for “Internal Realism”: Three Arguments against Reference, Part 2
The first post in this series examined Hilary Putnam’s famous argument that a “brain in a vat” (BIV) could not know that it was a BIV—or even think or wonder whether it was a BIV—because its words and thoughts would lack the causal-perceptual links to vats and brains in its environment needed for them to…
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(QC RSS) Stroboscopic Landlord
Gamer lighting
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(The GiveWell Blog) September 2023 open thread
Our goal with hosting quarterly open threads is to give blog readers an opportunity to publicly raise comments or questions about GiveWell or related topics (in the comments section below). As always, you’re also welcome to email us at info@givewell.org or to request a call with GiveWell staff if you have feedback or questions you’d…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Could Hilary Putnam Have Been a Brain in a Vat?: Three Arguments against Reference, Part 1 by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to David Potts. Maybe we could read Kelley’s book in our discussion group? LikeLiked by 2 people
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “Radical Theology: An Introduction to Karl Barth” by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. Yes, they’re structurally identical. LikeLike
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(QC RSS) Funny Money
proFESsional GEnius
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “Radical Theology: An Introduction to Karl Barth” by Roderick T. Long
He’s the same as Roland Barthes, right? LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “Radical Theology: An Introduction to Karl Barth” by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to mlyoung57. Temptation, huh? Well, let the music be your master. Will you heed that master’s call? Yeah, ignore the line about “Satan’s daughter.” Not sure what Barth thought of Zeppelin, but only one way to find out, right? LikeLiked by 1 …
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “Radical Theology: An Introduction to Karl Barth” by mlyoung57
Extremely tempting… LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) “Radical Theology: An Introduction to Karl Barth”
I don’t know how many fans of radical left-wing Protestant theology read this blog, but in case any do–or in case any might miraculously materialize–my friend Heather Ohaneson is teaching a course on the theology of Karl Barth for the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research starting next Monday evening, September 11th, 6:30-9:30 ET. I took…
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