Electric Agora (archive)

Tag: civil discourse

  • The Value of Intellectual Safe Spaces

    by Bharath Vallabha In September 2016 Richard Swinburne gave a keynote address to The Society of Christian philosophers. The text of his talk is here, which is linked to in a post at the Daily Nous. The part of the talk which caused a firestorm is on pages 11-13 (starting at the end of 11),…

  • Epithets in Philosophy

    By Daniel A. Kaufman ___ Do epithets have a place in philosophical disputes? Is it useful, productive, or even appropriate to call people “racist,” “misogynist,” or “transphobic,” when engaged in philosophical arguments about the ethics of affirmative action, or whether we are properly described as living in a “rape culture” or whether gender identity is…