Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Thanks so much Irfan. I have been writing on constitutional reforms, but also on domestic issues such as gun violence and group identity-politics in the US. Much of my recent work has been on foreign policy issues, such as the NATO response to Putin&#8…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Honestly, I thought it was designed by Walter and named after him. LikeLike

The “block editor” was designed solely for editing Walter Block, I believe. LikeLike

In reply to Mindy Newton. Thanks for writing. You could try my email address khawajaenator at gmail dot com. I tend to be backed up on correspondence, so I can’t guarantee a quick turn around, but I will respond when I can. LikeLike

I believe there is a logical error in your article, The Foundations of Ethics, in the book, Metaethics, Egoism, and Virtue … regarding your argument in the section, Between Epistemology and Metaethics. I am hesitant to try to lay it out here. Is …

I wrote a response to this a few days ago, but lost it, so here’s a reconstruction. It seems to me that you’re conflating two different conceptions of “rational,” an epistemic one and a deliberative one. In the first paragraph, …

I’m pleased to announce the addition of a new blogger to Policy of Truth, John Davenport, Professor of Philosophy and Director of Peace and Justice Studies at Fordham University. John and I first met at Notre Dame in the 1990s, where we were both graduate students in philosophy; he was also an occasional visitor at…

I wanted to add to the discussion my co-bloggers have started on discourse norms. Consider the following sample dialogues 1)A: “I think stricter gun regulations would fail to prevent either determined criminals or the seriously deranged from committing the sorts of horrible crimes that make people want those stricter laws, but they would violate the…