Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to VermicelliSupreme. Can you really take that for granite though?

I have not had a chance to read any of this, but I suspect the topic of “moral desert” is a trap, because I don’t know that there’s even a good agreement on what constitutes morality. I have my idea of what morality is (as I thi…

Many of the world’s pollinator insects are in decline. What does this mean for global food production?

I took some very cursory notes on our discussion, and don’t have time to write anything extensive, so feel free to add to this if you have the chance/feel the inclination. (1) Michael: does Sher have a univocal analysis of what it is to deserve s…

In reply to djr. Yes, it was. KOSHARI The National Dish of Egypt! Rice, black lentils, chickpeas, and macaroni. Topped with our Da’a infused red sauce, fried onions, and a hard boiled egg. LikeLike

In reply to mlyoung57. Going further back, we read David Kaspar’s Intuitionism, Tim Schroeder and Nomi Arpaly’s In Praise of Desire, and Rawls’s Justice as Fairness. LikeLiked by 1 person

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I approve of her word choice. She’s trying to avoid insulting you by informing you of something you already know. She’s flattering you by assuming that you already have this knowledge. Given how often people ge…

I think it should be called “Roderick Long and His Grateful Minions.” LikeLiked by 1 person

**Also Mark Schroeder’s Slaves of the Passions. Probably other stuff that I’m forgetting as well. LikeLike