Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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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. Maybe I have a peculiar view, but I think the issue of cost and desires—what one wants and doesn’t want—is separate from the issue of will. By “will” I mean something like executive function. It seems to me that…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Estlund’s Defense of Ideal Political Theory by Irfan Khawaja
I haven’t (yet) read Estlund’s paper, but assuming that DP has accurately summarized Estlund’s argument, it seems to me that he’s conclusively rebutted it. I think we’re all agreeing here, but this is how I’d put thi…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Estlund’s Defense of Ideal Political Theory by mlyoung57
The “can’t will does not imply can’t do” formulation is deceptive. Of course, if one cannot intend to PHI, then one cannot PHI (i.e., intentionally PHI). The broad point is that the degree of motivational capacity to PHI, by its…
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(QC RSS) Reflexes
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(Aaron Kim ENGRD 101) Playlist!!!
The order was then determined by the storyline. I don’t know if this constitutes an “argument,” but I think I’ve ordered in a way that kind of speaks to being lonely, the kind of sadness and anger associated with loneliness, and then concluding in a celebration of being alone. The first song is kind of…
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(Policy of Truth) Estlund’s Defense of Ideal Political Theory
In “Human Nature and the Limits (If Any) of Political Philosophy,” (2011) David Estlund defends what are sometimes called “ideal” or utopian political theories against the charge of being incompatible with human nature. For example, a utopian socialist or egalitarian political theory might require a degree of selflessness from the citizenry that it is entirely…
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(Cat and Girl) Gnostalgia
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Wrestling dynamo
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(Our World in Data) We published a redesign of our work on suicides
We published a major redesign of our work on global statistics on suicides. Explore all of this data and research in one place.
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(QC RSS) A Match Made In Heaven
Wait where are Claire’s glasses #mystery
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