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(Cat and Girl) Tooth and Nail
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Historical addendum to “Universals and Measurement” by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to boydstun. Yes, I’ll have to re-visit your paper. It’s been awhile since I’ve really studied Objectivist epistemology in a systematic way, including secondary literature. LikeLiked by 1 person
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Tomfoolery in the Overhead Compartment by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Roderick Tracy Long. To be sure, one can’t simultaneously be an orthodox, doctrinaire Randian and an orthodox, doctrinaire Hayekian. But I have no interest in being either of those things. LikeLike
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(QC RSS) Tabulation
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Tomfoolery in the Overhead Compartment by Roderick Tracy Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. “What I don’t find plausible (to switch metaphors) is a Rand-Hayek blend where both thinkers make a roughly co-equal contribution to the mix.” I think they do make a roughly co-equal contribution in my own case, a…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Droning On by Hamas, Civilians, and Hypocrisy | Policy of Truth
[…] drone policy (now almost two decades old), or know what a “signature strike” is? When I taught the subject at Felician University (for several years), it often elicited little more than …. Code Pink and Medea Benjamin aside,…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “Tears of Gaza” by Hamas, Civilians, and Hypocrisy | Policy of Truth
[…] watch any of the dozens of documentary films on the topic, starting with my “favorite,” “Tears of Gaza.” […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Hamas, Civilians, and Hypocrisy
It’s become common wisdom in American political discourse that what distinguishes Hamas’s military tactics from Israel’s is that Hamas deliberately targets civilians while Israel does not. Both halves of this assertion strike me as highly dubious. It’s hardly clear that Israel doesn’t target civilians, whether deliberately or recklessly, but let me save that topic for…
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