Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Fireside Friday, February 10, 2023 (On Academic Freedom)
Fireside this week, the first fireside of the new year! There might be a few more of these than usual over the next few months as I am continuing to work on my book project, but have to balance that with unexpectedly teaching a course on US Naval History, which is of course quite a…
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(Aaron Kim ENGRD 101) Capitalism
Inspired by my debate tournament last weekend, I knew that I wanted to do something related to debate. From there, I had a bit of trouble trying to decide what it would focus on, but the idea of including a timer seemed interesting to me. I decided that I wanted to have some kind of…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “A” Is for Occupation by butimbeautiful
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Thanks! LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “A” Is for Occupation by butimbeautiful
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. We’re not that interesting, mostly, so totally understandable. We’re the Shire to the USA’s Mordor LikeLiked by 1 person
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “A” Is for Occupation by butimbeautiful
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. That’s a perfect, terrible way to put it. This is the meaning of conquest, victory and defeat. Especially when the culture of the victor is materially and technologically millennia ahead. The Romans inflicted defeat and…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Blasphemy and the Polity of Our Prayers by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. I cry foul here at your underhanded attempt to make me choose between Sheldon Richman’s wholesale agorism, which I reject, and having to agree with David Bernstein, which I inevitably find painful for extra-alethic r…
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(QC RSS) The Start Of It All
at least jump ahead to recombination
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “A” Is for Occupation by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to butimbeautiful. Well, in the American case, Americans have taken two centuries to realize that Machiavellianism is what triumphs. Native Americans and their concerns are totally marginal in American politics. There are maybe 2.6 million Nat…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “A” Is for Occupation by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to butimbeautiful. Thanks for the ABC reference. I wasn’t previously familiar with it. You’ve now belatedly gotten me interested in Australia beyond AC/DC. I know Australians, I’ve taught Australians, and both friends and rel…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “A” Is for Occupation by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to butimbeautiful. That’s dead on. I wish I had written it. I will probably end up plagiarizing it somehow. It’s all dead-on, but this sentence is worth the price of the ticket by itself: The trouble with vile Nazi stuff like coun…
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