Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. “In virtually every case I can think of, the ‘dark’ view Vallier is trying to explain is not simply some random contrarian position adopted out of the blue, but something that plays a role in an overall poli…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I have mixed feelings about Vallier’s explanation. It certainly has merit as far as it goes. There’s a contrarian side to the libertarian movement, and to some extent, that contrarianism explains the movement&#…

I think Kershnar’s whole career is a good example of the “contrarian trap” for libertarians that Kevin Vallier discusses here: https://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2014/10/the-contrarian-trap-the-source-of-the-liberty-movements-dark-…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I think the average reader could be expected to see red over that comment. I did an APA session with Kershnar on exploitation in 2009. He argued that there was nothing wrong with exploitation, I argued there was. A member …

I don’t remember what happened with the Kershnar torture session, but I was involved in a Kershnar assassination session, and my comments are preserved for a grateful posterity: https://praxeology.net/kershnar-assassin.htm LikeLike

The school adminstrators are simply getting ready for that all-American panacea, an imminent lawsuit. And the only question they will ask themselves is, “What could we have done to avoid a lawsuit?” This writer gets the basic diagnosis right. American …