Philosophy, et cetera

Evan Dawson-Baglien wrote to me with some interesting thoughts on the challenge of incorporating non-persons into (non-total views of) popul...

I'm delighted to introduce another great " philosopher spotlight " entry, this time from Hrishikesh Joshi ! * * * My work focu...

Thanks to Jess Flanigan for contributing this guest post, sharing her interesting and provocative work, as part of my ongoing  "philos...

[My thanks to Zach Barnett for writing the following guest post...] At its best, philosophy encourages us to challenge our deepest and most...

My thanks to long-time reader Evan Dawson-Baglien for contributing the following guest post on 'The Problem of Large Distances in Value ...

I'm delighted that Eden Lin  agreed to contribute the following post to my "philosopher spotlight" series .  Enjoy! * * * Most...

I had always assumed that only ultimate ends, or telic / final / non-instrumental desires, could be intrinsically  irrational.  (Think Futur...

[Guest post by David Killoren...] I’m very grateful to Richard for allowing me this space to hash out some ideas about pets and livestock....

[Guest post by BGSU 's Bradley Gabbard...] I would like to thank Richard for a chance to share a brief summation of one chapter of my ...

[The following is a guest post by Jake Nebel...] I’m very grateful to Richard for letting me write a guest post, which I am shamelessly us...

[This post is by guest blogger Tristan Haze of Sprachlogik .] We have concepts of particular objects. The recognition of this piece of com...

[The following is a guest post by Jeff Sebo -- now blogging at ' The Dear Self '.] I understand metaethical constructivism* as the ...

[Guest post by Nick Beckstead] It seems self-evident that one has most reason to always act in one’s own interest, and it seems self-evident...

[The following is a guest post from Jack.] Here is a fun experiment in philosophy. But first, let me define my terms. Philosophers speak fr...

[Guest post by Vera Bradova.] MORAL DUPE’S DILEMMA A moral dupe is one who makes sacrifices on behalf of his/her own conscience in matters o...

[Guest post by Barry .] Let me begin by saying that these remarks are extremely sketchy, just a recording of a recent whisky-fueled conversa...

[By Jack ] What is the relationship between the series of truths in the world and the times in that world? That is, imagine that: !, @, #, ...

[By David Hunter] Social Change, Suicide and Political Theory Political theorists typically argue that radical changes to society are necess...

[By David Hunter] I've written about the science of this more at the INPAB blog in this post: Rats have metacognition And the implicati...

[By David Hunter] Hi all, Richard has invited me along to guest blog here as well. As much as I have been enjoying Michael's posts on ed...