Mark, Wes, Dylan, and now Seth too discuss further Mounk's project in The Identity Trap and what philosophically we can glean from it. Listen to parts one and two of the interview first. How does the ideology that Mounk describes compare to, on the one hand, an ethical theory by an individual philosopher, and on the other hand, a scientific paradigm that provides a Continue Reading …
Philosophy of Humor (Philosophical Issues Related to the #thatasshole Campaign, Part 1)
So, yes, my "that asshole" post was pretty puerile. I got a funny idea and felt like people would like it, and many did, but many pointed out in one way or another its lack of philosophical substance. On this point I disagree. Reading through the comments the post elicited and thinking about this further has helped me identify a boatload of relevant philosophical issues. I Continue Reading …
Murder and Ideology: philosophers have only interpreted the world; the point is to change it.
In the ordinary business of science it is reasonable to claim that the moon causes the tides, and to refer to empirical data as evidence. In the ordinary business of literary criticism it is reasonable to claim that Gordon Geko was greedy or that house elves are moral stand-ins for the peoples of our world who are enslaved and oppressed – and to refer to various theories of Continue Reading …