Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to sean samis. Did you see what I said above, that allying with Hitler was a offense that deserved “cancellation”? Well, allying with Stalin was just as bad, or worse. And anyone who joined the American Communist Party after Stalin…

In reply to Michael Brazier. Michael; You wrote that cancel culture “involves combing through the past life of a target to find something that breaks one of the Left’s current taboos – or can be made to seem as if it does – and then issuing a pub…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. What you dismiss as a “script” in fact contains a critical distinction: the tactic of “cancellation” is justified only when its target has, in fact, breached a moral standard that has been clearly stat…

In reply to Michael Brazier. (Responding to Michael Brazier) That doesn’t actually address the issue I raised in my post. I raised the issues I did in precisely the way I did because I know the script you’ve just rehearsed, anticipated it, …

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. “I wasn’t clear on whether Holzer and Rand were both listed as authors of the review” Both were listed as authors. “The Objectivist rumor mill presents epistemic problems of its own.” True dat. The info that only Holzer had seen the movies apparently comes from Holzer herself, but the source…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Arrival is based on a short story by one of the most interesting and most philosophical (but least prolific — he’s only written 17 short stories over the past three decades, and no novels) science fiction autho…

In reply to Michael Brazier. The term “cancel” in its current meeting was pioneered by the Left, but the term “cancel culture” was originated by the Right afaik. “combing through the past life of a target to find something…