Category Archives: Election 2016 and Aftermath

Comment on Robert Greenleaf Brice, “Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Facts and Our Stubborn Attitude Towards Them” APA Blog, January 21, 2019

Posted on January 24, 2019 by

Comment intended for the APA Blog in response to article by Robert Greenleaf Brice on “Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Facts and Our Stubborn Attitude Towards Them” Continue reading →

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“Philosophy in Three & a Half Years”

Posted on December 3, 2018 by

Seen by accident, “ganked” off Colin McGinn’s blog this morning, this comment caught my eye. Writing back in April 2017 under the title “Philosophy in Five Years” he predicted: I think the field will be a complete shambles. It’s already … Continue reading →

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“Anti-Intellectualism and How Fascism Works”: A Comment

Posted on August 17, 2018 by

I followed the link from here to IHE’s “Anti-Intellectualism and How Fascism Works,” an interview with Jason Stanley (Yale) who has authored a book entitled How Fascism Works. I’d been thinking of posting a comment, but discovered that the comments thread … Continue reading →

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Truth Teller’s Dilemma, Part 1

Posted on April 24, 2018 by

[Author’s note: this was previously posted elsewhere, but it strikes me that all three parts of this extended essay should be available on the same site. This will render them out of order, but I think my readers are smart … Continue reading →

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Truth-Teller’s Dilemma, Part 3

Posted on April 19, 2018 by

“Truth-Teller’s Dilemma” concluded: if you care about the truth or those trying to tell it, support them (us)! Continue reading →

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Truth-Teller’s Dilemma, Part 2

Posted on April 17, 2018 by

Truth-Teller’s Dilemma, Part 2, continued from Part 1: what reason is there for believing mainstream (corporate) institutions care about the truth? Continue reading →

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Why Donald Trump Won in 2016, Chapter Umpteen Thousand and Counting….

Posted on March 8, 2018 by

Matt Bai’s Yahoo! columns are usually worth one’s time, however annoying they often are with their unexamined assumptions. Bill Kristol, son of neoconservative godfather Irving Kristol interviewed here, doesn’t seem to distinguish between conservatism and neoconservatism, and the problems only … Continue reading →

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