Quassim Cassam wants you to know that conspiracy theorists have bad character. In other words, bad thinking is not just bad thinking; it’s also a vice. Maybe Cassam is right. Intellectual character or the lack thereof is often overlooked, at least in general conversation. It’s not that we have an overabundance of trust and tolerance in our public discourse, which is obvious to Continue Reading …
Quassim Cassam (via Elucidations) on Skepticism
I've been listening of late to more Elucidations (which we've written about before), which features Matt Teichman from our Frege episode. Their episode 23, "Quassim Cassam discusses transcendental arguments," serves as a nice point of re-engagement with epistemology in light of our touching on that in our Sartre episode (and moreso in my Close Reading). Sartre, following Continue Reading …