Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I believe Kant already wrote about his encounter with Yoda: LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Imagine or do not imagine. There is no try. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Trying to imagine a debate between Yoda and Kant. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. LikeLike

In reply to butimbeautiful. Yes, true. But one problem was, he had his young son with him (maybe 9, 10 years old). Harder to have this kind of talk with a child sitting right there. The other problem is, I don’t want to be in a position where he …

Might have been harder to resist if you were sitting next to him LikeLike

I try to teach genus-and-differentia definitions to my students to stop them from giving answers like “Utilitarianism is when you act to promote social benefit.” LikeLike

Taxonomizing is Theftonomizing. LikeLike