Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

I’m trying to fall asleep to a lovely ASMR Reiki video when I’m rudely awakened by a TIAA Cref commercial: “Because your passion never runs out, you deserve a retirement fund that does the same…” Did I deserve to be torn from blissful sleep in that vu…

A postscript to the preceding issue is something we didn’t discuss on Sunday night: what exactly is the point of the list of desert-locutions listed on pp. 6-7? On one interpretation, the list consists of platitudes about desert that any adequate…

In reply to djr. I suppose I might add that if we’re going to begin our inquiry by respecting the actual usage of the term in ordinary speech, it should not be surprising if we end up with something like a focal unity rather than strict univocity…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. An Aristotelian point that I don’t have any reason to think Sher draws on, but that could be relevant to addressing Michael’s worry, is that we don’t have to choose between a univocal analysis that gives us …

“The Preface of George Sher’s Desert begins with a statement of the obvious: the concept of moral desert is central to moral judgment and deliberation…” We discussed this point in conversation, but it might be worth reiterating here: …

I wanted to try to summarize some of the key points of Sunday night’s discussion, in part just to have a record of it (it was a good discussion, and I hate to lose it), and in part to stimulate further discussion, whether from the people in the Z…

In reply to sean samis. You might find it worthwhile to read and learn more about topics before posting about them on blogs. It would be hard to match your comment here for ignorance and ineptitude. Irfan has already made the obvious point that antec…

In reply to sean samis. I don’t see any logical connection between the answerability of a question and consensus on either the question or the answer. A question is either answerable or not. Once answered, a consensus can develop (or not) on the …