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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on THOUGHTS ON THE BUCK-PASSING THEORY OF VALUE (HARD/SPECIAL CASES) by David Potts
In reply to mlyoung57. Hi Michael, Yes, I’m finding the exchange valuable also. I’ve thought, ever since Internet discussion forums of various kinds became popular in the 1990s, that it’s a terrific way to do philosophy. The written form encourages tho…
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(Policy of Truth) Gaslighting the Nuclear Fuse
This article, “Fear Mounts that Ukraine War Will Spill Beyond Ukraine Borders,” appeared in The New York Times a few days ago. I single it out as an instance of the collective gaslighting that now seems to prevail in “the West” regarding the war in Ukraine. The article starts out like this: For nine weeks,…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on THOUGHTS ON THE BUCK-PASSING THEORY OF VALUE (HARD/SPECIAL CASES) by mlyoung57
In reply to Michael Brazier. BP does “relocate” the center of the (broadly) normative world in this way. However, part of what I’ve argued, in my exchange with David P. is that BP claims to do justice to the clearly teleological cases…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on THOUGHTS ON THE BUCK-PASSING THEORY OF VALUE (HARD/SPECIAL CASES) by Michael Brazier
“The BP formula, we are often reminded by the proponents of BP, is precisely the way in which the evaluative property of X being admirable or scary is not identical to, but is a function of, X having properties such that, in virtue of X having th…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on THOUGHTS ON THE BUCK-PASSING THEORY OF VALUE (HARD/SPECIAL CASES) by mlyoung57
In reply to David Potts. Again, David, these responses are super-helpful. Helpful, in this case in particular, in helping me clarify a specific, important part of my brief against TV. Much thanks. I’ll respond to just two of your points: (i) the idea t…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Gap Week, April 29, 2022
Hey everyone! This week is going to be a gap week, as I am attending the annual meeting of the Society for Military History which happened to come at the same time as finals and the end stages of some other projects. Unfortunately since I’m not presenting (I am chairing a session), I don’t have…
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(QC RSS) Worse Than A Hangover
it’s probably fine
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on THOUGHTS ON THE BUCK-PASSING THEORY OF VALUE (HARD/SPECIAL CASES) by David Potts
In reply to mlyoung57. Hi Michael, I have four points to make in reply to your latest. First, I don’t think you can say that, for BP, being in pain explains why one has a reason to withdraw. Really, this is one of my main complaints. BP seems to blithe…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Chomsky on Ukraine by Irfan Khawaja
A discussion of the Chomsky interview, from The New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/article/166131/ukraine-diplomacy-chomsky-putin-donbas LikeLike
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