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Lewis Powell made this, and you all owe him your respect, admiration, gratitude, and praise. We are all indebted to him for this awesome-ness. ...

Funny, but I still favor the laptop policy I introduced a few semesters back. Also, (Spoiler Alert) I wish I could have seen the laptop shatter. The video doesn’t catch it. ...

Here she is talking about him on Craig Ferguson [HT: John Basl] 6 Degress of Kevin Bacon to Jonathan Dancy 1. Kevin Bacon to Sean Astin (White Water Summer) 2. Sean Astin to Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings) 3. Orlando Bloom to Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Carribbean) 4. Johnny Depp to Leonardo DiCaprio (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape) 5. ...

I don’t believe in magic. At least, I thought I didn’t. Then I started worrying that I might not actually know what the heck it is that I am denying the existence of. So…let’s try to analyze it. ...

Bonus points for introducing something like the duplication problem for various theories of personal identity. ...

The Monads are back. I suspect a lot of my readers are familiar with the Monads. What you may not realize is that they are back. Kris McDaniel, an original member of the Monads, has revived the group with Ben Bradley and Carrie Jenkins. They are calling themselves “The 21st Century Monads”, and they already have ...

Sorry, but that was just too awesome not to post here. More philosophy and more journal survey updates are coming soon. ...

You know why Lewis Powell is awesome? He loves thinking about Frege’s Puzzle. You know why Lewis Powell is even awesomer? He loves thinking about Frege’s Puzzle this much. ...

I’m with Brian on this one (he’s the guy with glasses in the video). Particularly his second thought experiment. Update: The link to the video is here. I took out the embedded video because it automatically plays. Which can be annoying to readers - especially return readers who have already seen the video. More Nuanced Position: Even ...

Here’s the abstract of one of NPR’s Morning Edition stories this morning. Morning Edition, October 16, 2008 · A Nebraska state senator last year filed a lawsuit against God. Ernie Chambers sought an injunction against God because of widespread death and destruction. Judge Marlon Polk has thrown out the lawsuit. He says there’s no way ...