Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Regarding my [3], let’s shift the obligatory action-type to withdrawing participation, since condemnation applies as much to injustice as such, not injustice that one is participating in. The broad context is the possibility …

Now that Ukraine is under Russian attack, it’s worth mulling over the immortal reaction of our former President to an act of naked military aggression: BUCK: Mr. President, in the last 24 hours we know Russia has said that they are recognizing two breakaway regions of Ukraine, and now this White House is stating that…

I rarely agree with Tom Friedman, but this not only strikes me as on target, but, given the long quotation from George Kennan, of genuinely historical significance: Already, as the invasion has begun, the mainstream American press is treating us as th…

In reply to mlyoung57. This is a promising start. Before you know it, I’ll end up convincing you that we are in fact noumenal selves exercising noumenal freedom in a noumenal realm, and that the phenomenal realm that appears to our senses is all …

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. That’s helpful, Irfan. I withdraw my objection in [2]. There are imperfect requirements. Take an arbitrary game. The rule “in each choice situation in which one of the choices is to jump up and down on your left f…

In reply to Michael Brazier. (Responding to Michael Brazier) I agree with that, except that if it’s true (or since it is), it does in fact have a bearing on MY’s claims: he needs to re-formulate his question so as to observe the distinction…