Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to sean samis. Hi Sean, This looks like a retrogression, I’m afraid. Every party to this discussion agrees that Leftists sometimes try to cancel their opponents and that Rightists sometimes try to cancel their opponents. And every party …

In reply to David Potts. David; can you set my expectations, please? Exactly how many times do I need to say that cancelling can be inappropriate before you recognize that I think cancelling can be inappropriate? Just wondering, because I (and Irfan at…

The complete text of Fuller’s history of philosophy, 1945 edition, can be read online here. It looks like you can even download it if you want. It’s over 1000 pages, not counting end matter (bibliography, glossary, chronology, etc.). LikeLike

In reply to sean samis. Hi Sean, There’s a lot to like in this comment. Perhaps our views are more similar than at first appeared. About Ayn Rand, I should say that she does not “overlook” any moral rule to avoid passing moral judgmen…

In reply to sean samis. Hi Sean, A great deal of what you say in this comment amounts to “whataboutism.” No doubt you’ve heard this expression, the new fad label for the fallacy traditionally called tu quoque. It is a fallacy because …

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Intriguing. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Nope, my comment went under when the post did and is lost to the ages. Well, the gist of it was wondering about the possible influence of Dewey’s “Individualism, Old and New” on Hayek’s “Indi…

I made a comment on the earlier version of this post, but the comment vanished when the earlier version vanished. Let me see if it’s preserved on the dashboard….. LikeLike

When a friend saw me using this photo of an elderly man on my Facebook page, he first thought the man was a typewriter repairman. It is actually John Dewey, near the end of his life. He lived from 1859 to 1952. He used the two-finger way of typing. When Ayn Rand arrived in America…

In reply to David Potts. David; So far as I know, Abolitionism was religiously inspired, but that need not have been. A rational, secular person can appreciate the fact that enslavement anyone puts everyone in peril. Unequal consideration is at the hea…