Pyrrho on reason and emotion
Tammuz "I know at least a few people here who share David Hume's view on the relationship between reason and emotion (or passions). I'm leaning toward it as well, but…
Philosophaster on “Persuasive power versus intellectual integrity”
I found this very nice piece on a forum. In philosophy, there is something called the "principle of charity." This is the idea that in a debate, we should address…
Review: Joshua D. Greene – The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Truth about Morality and What to Do About it
His website. Download The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Truth about Morality and What to Do About it (hosted here, it is also available from his website). In it…
Theories of normative ethics and moral intuitions
I have been wondering something. When one is theorizing about which theory of normative ethics is correct, what is one to do about moral intuitions? Most people seem to agree…
Making sense or perhaps not
Whenever I talk with continentals they keep getting angry at me. Because I continually claim not to understand what they say. An example. Some days ago I was at a…
Classical predicate logic and empty domains
Classical predicate logic and empty domains
Are contradictions meaningful?
Introduction In this essay I answer the question in the title with a very confident “Yes”, I give multiple arguments for this answer. For the purposes of this essay a…
Pyrrho on “Why are endangered species worth preserving?”
"There are multiple reasons that people give. One is that some people do not think that a world filled only with cattle and pig farms and other such animals, but…
Paper: David Makinson, The paradox of the preface
I found the original paper on the paradox. Enjoy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preface_paradox David Makinson, The paradox of the preface
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