List
February 4th, 2008

An Argument Against Materialism

A lot of materialists will admit that there are some kinds of entities that are a little more difficult to […]

February 3rd, 2008

The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotations

A former student pointed this blog out. It’s great…especially for those of us who like to encourage students to be […]

January 28th, 2008

Qtrax and My Metaethics Example

Great! I had a perfectly good example involving amoral judgements that almost ALL of my students could relate to – […]

January 17th, 2008

Young Philosophers Deadline!

Don’t forget the deadline for submissions for the Young Philosophers Podcast Lecture series is just 3 DAYS AWAY!Check the website […]

January 16th, 2008

Confirmation of A Betrand Russell Skeptical Scenario?

One possible skeptical scenario is Russell’s 5 minute hypothesis. This is from The Analysis of Mind… In investigating memory-beliefs, there […]

January 15th, 2008

5 Reasons Why My Semester Will Be Awesome

My semester is going to be awesome! We started a faculty paper workshop last semester. We met every other week […]

January 14th, 2008

Evidently – I’m Irrational

Every now and then there’s a study that is alleged to confirm the hypothesis that we are irrational. This should […]

January 14th, 2008

Time Doesn’t Exist (McTaggart Would Have Loved This)

Here’s an article with the sensational title “Time May Not Exist” – I only had a chance to quickly scanned […]

January 11th, 2008

Some US Judges Need to Read More Metaphysics

Seriously? Guantanamo detainees are not human beings or persons? What!?

January 9th, 2008

A-Theory and Vagueness

This is pretty half-baked, but consider the following proposition: (1) January 9, 2008 is present. I think it is a […]