by Daniel A. Kaufman ____ To his credit, Joe Biden has been running a brilliant campaign…by not running one. Other than for a brief moment
Month: August 2020
Pure and Applied Chess
by David L. Duffy. Personally, I have found some chess analogies, metaphors and thought experiments from philosophers a little unimpressive, speaking as someone who was
Mass Surveillance and the Citizen Image
by Daniel Tippens ___ In discussions of mass surveillance, it is often taken as a given that the right to privacy protects something intrinsically valuable,
A Few Reflections on Name-Calling, Parody and Satire
by Mark English The bluntness and ruthlessness of childhood interactions is well known and name-calling is a favorite ploy in childish struggles for social dominance.
Gratitude Up, Resentment Down
by Daniel Tippens I. Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave tells an inspired story of Solomon Northup. Originally a free individual living in the North
Prolegomena for a Pluralist Metaphysics: Concluding Thoughts
by Daniel A. Kaufman ___ The aim of these prolegomena has been to advocate on behalf of a pluralist metaphysics, but what is a metaphysics?