Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Studies in Objectivist Propaganda: Robert Tracinski’s “Woke Kant” by Irfan Khawaja
The entire Objectivist conception of “the Enlightenment” is an ideological confabulation. It’s just shorthand for “the wonderful ideas that preceded and hence caused the glorious event which was the American Revolution (but not the French Revolution), …
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Studies in Objectivist Propaganda: Robert Tracinski’s “Woke Kant” by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. The misspelling was mere appearance. It was correctly spelled in the noumenal realm. Granted, mere mortals like you lack access to noumena. But woke people like me do. With any luck, you’re now woke enough to see the noume…
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(Our World in Data) Extreme poverty: how far have we come, how far do we still have to go?
Despite making immense progress against extreme poverty, it is still the reality for every tenth person in the world.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Studies in Objectivist Propaganda: Robert Tracinki’s “Woke Kant” by Roderick T. Long
One of the weird blind spots of the Randians is their idea that the worry that that “humans have no direct access to an objective world independent of our minds and senses” is some sort of rebellion against the Enlightenment. This view was…
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(Policy of Truth) Studies in Objectivist Propaganda: Robert Tracinki’s “Woke Kant”
I’ve been thinking for awhile of starting a series at PoT called Studies in Objectivist Propaganda (SOP). Technically, this post will have to be SOP #1, though I suppose I could go back and dig up some prior posts that fit the bill: there’s never a shortage of Objectivist propaganda out there, and I rarely…
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(QC RSS) Claire Takes The Cake
This is a syndicated post, originally published by QC RSS at QC RSS.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Invisible Casualties of the “Opioid Epidemic” by The Invisible Casualties of CBT | Policy of Truth
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(Policy of Truth) The Invisible Casualties of CBT
This article just below reads like a companion piece to my earlier post on my late wife’s Alison’s struggles with chronic pain. https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2021/11/11/how-cbt-harmed-me-the-interview-that-the-new-york-times-erased/ I agree almost entirely with Alana Saltz, the author of the article, and am saddened that Alison isn’t here to read it (in fact, I had to fight my initial impulse to…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Drivin’ and Cryin’: Bumps on the Road to Pot Legalization by Irfan Khawaja
Don’t say you weren’t warned. This article pre-dates the original post, but I just happened to see it a few days ago (ht: Lisa Scheier): https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/mag-features/2019/01/07/513762.htm LikeLike
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(The GiveWell Blog) Why malnutrition treatment is one of our top research priorities
We believe malnutrition is a very promising area for charitable funding in the future. In 2021, we directed nearly $30 million to two organizations—The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) and International Rescue Committee (IRC)—working on malnutrition, and we expect to direct more funding to malnutrition programs in the future. (We have published a write-up…
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