Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Markets Limited, Friendship Unlimited by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Our particular merry band of rovers (C4SS/ALL/etc.) is focused both on pulling libertarians leftward and pulling leftists libertarianward. Although we obviously haven’t yet transmogrified the political landscape, we ha…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Us: Chatting with Joyce Carol Oates by Brandon Christensen
You shoulda exploded, bro. Would’ve been epic… LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Estlund’s Defense of Ideal Political Theory by David Potts
In reply to mlyoung57. Estlund’s view seems to be that if, for example, a normative requirement tells Prof. Procrastinate that he should accept the book review assignment and write the review, then it is, simply in that way, action-guiding. Even …
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(Policy of Truth) Chatting with Joyce Carol Oates
I guess I’m in name-dropping mode: I just had an impromptu conversation on the train platform with Joyce Carol Oates. The conversation was about the evils of New Jersey Transit. She asked why the train station’s waiting room was closed. I launched immediately into my denunciatory lecture on the immorality of NJT’s policy of closing…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Estlund’s Defense of Ideal Political Theory by mlyoung57
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. There is some probability, maybe small or maybe large that any given agent will meet any given normative requirement. Right? I do think it would be odd (though not impossible and not rationally unmanageable) for this to be a …
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Estlund’s Defense of Ideal Political Theory by mlyoung57
In reply to David Potts. Why would it be the case that the assignment should not be accepted? From the standpoint of the stipulated (conjunctive) requirement to accept and write, it is pointless to accept (since one will not write the review). Accept o…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Me and Bobby Anzilotti by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Suleman Khawaja. I’m tempted to quote “Love Gun” at this point, but I don’t feel like getting arrested all over again. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Me and Bobby Anzilotti by Suleman Khawaja
I’m more impressed that you were questioned by former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Me and Bobby Anzilotti by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. Please see the photo below of my intentions on the morning of November 29, 2017. Pure as the driven snow! LikeLike
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