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Category Archives: philosophy
Is morality relative?
Joshua Knobe writes that, if you think it’s objective, you should examine the evidence.
Is Sam Harris just a crank about morality?
Josh Rosenau finds scientific method purloined for political use in Sam Harris’ book The Moral Landscape, and argues that, as it is a piece of philosophy, Harris did this work a disservice by failing to preview it in respected philosophy … Continue reading
Truth in fiction
Tamar Szabó Gendler asks what it means for something to be true within a story. I’m a little unconvinced, as the first claim she accepts is actually quite a controversial one – surely one should consider the author’s culture, personal … Continue reading
Two Russell Blackford interviews on moral theory…
…which he links to and talks about here.
What’s wrong with astrology?
Paul Newall examines the attitudes of Popper, Kuhn and Feyerabend to astrology and the limits of science.
Ethics as biography
Continuing his amoralist manifesto, Joel Marks argues that moral positions are unjustifiable, but instead caused by one’s personal history. Could he be correct?
How many kinds of experimental philosophy are there?
Joshua Knobe explores the ideas of positive and negative experimental philosophy.
What do you think about classical logic?
Martin C Clarke presents his slightly sceptical views about its usefulness and accuracy compared with informal, “real” logic.
Dworkin on leading a good life for ourselves and others
Ronald Dworkin reflects on the complexity of ethics and art, and on what it might take for a life to have meaning.
Spinoza’s life and thought
Clare Carlisle introduces the Guardian’s serialised exploration of Spinoza’s thought with a (very) short precis of some of the main ideas of his philosophy, and a tiny summary of his life.