mjbkr
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Hard get philosophy done in a cafe when the barista in charge of music is a big aerosmith fan.
2:07 PM Nov 30th
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@ For me that is sufficient reason to never do it!
1:46 PM Nov 30th
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in reply to Juan
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@ Good advice. And there is more than just poor spelling and grammar to endure!
1:45 PM Nov 30th
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Is wondering if it is generally unwise to assign long term papers in introductory philosophy classes.
3:24 PM Nov 29th
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3 of the events I most deeply regret occurred in the mid-90s: sold my Primus CDs, endorsed ethical relativism & voted conservative
1:51 PM Nov 17th
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Trying to find a way that (at least some) intuitions are evidence for (at least some) intuitions being evidentially irrelevant.
1:17 PM Nov 12th
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I'm working at a wine cafe. Employee is sitting with a wine distributor, tasting from about 15 of his bottles. Considering a career change.
9:00 AM Nov 10th
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Can anyone tell me how the 1st episode of this Darwin series was?:
1:59 PM Nov 6th
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Canadian novel about Aristotle up for many awards:
5:47 PM Nov 5th
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New legal protection for some "philosophical beliefs":
6:32 PM Nov 4th
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Looking for seminal discussions of the principle of total evidence, by someone without the name Carnap or Good.
12:33 PM Nov 3rd
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My twitter account was hacked. If you got a direct message from me, ignore it and do not click on the link in it.
10:04 AM Oct 29th
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@ It may have to be over several beers. I'm still quite unsure about what to think on issues like this.
9:05 AM Oct 15th
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in reply to AllenStairs
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@ 2/2 explain some things, and origin too. Scientific explanation then isn't enough when scientific classifications disagree
8:59 AM Oct 15th
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in reply to AllenStairs
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@ 1/2 The case is an abstract way of exploring disagreement between different ways of classifying. Everyone agrees that genes
8:55 AM Oct 15th
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@ 2/2 But there are *actual* cases of origin classifications and gene classifications disagreeing. Doesn't classification matter?
8:45 AM Oct 15th
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in reply to AllenStairs
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@ 1/2 Maybe we're talking past one another. Lots of biologists presume wholly relational essentialism (only origin makes a tiger)
8:43 AM Oct 15th
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in reply to AllenStairs
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@ 3/2 ...whether these arguments end in truths, whether the truths are relevant, and if relevant, say for who.
8:19 AM Oct 15th
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in reply to AllenStairs
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@ 2/2 Those are what need defending by us. And, given others' arguments that there are essences, we should defend a stand on...
8:17 AM Oct 15th
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in reply to AllenStairs
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@ 1/2 Doesn't this presume an account of explanation, and an account of such explanation being all we need?
8:15 AM Oct 15th
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- Name Matt Barker
- Location Madison, WI
- Bio Callander lad not afraid to cancel his card-carrying memberships in various video stores and philosophical doctrines at the drop of a late fee or counterexample
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