Sunday, September 28, 2014

Aristotle's Virtue Ethics: A Common Misunderstanding

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The first question of philosophy is "how should I live my life?"  Sometimes this is also presented as "what is the good life?...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

The Reliability of Blogs vs Conventional Media: A Response to David Coady

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Response to David Coady's “An Epistemic Defence of the Blogosphere” Preamble/vocab for non-philosophers :   I wrote this for a ...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Divine Command Theory and the Euthyphro Dilemma (Video)

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Hey guys, Here's a video I made to help my students understand Divine Command theory and the Euthyphro dilemma: https://plotagon.com/1...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Gettier Revisited

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I've talked about Gettier before and much of what I say here will overlap with what I've already said.  It turns out I'm much mo...
Sunday, September 7, 2014

Cultural Relativism Vs Moral Objectivism

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So, I've been experimenting with a new way to explain major philosophical concepts and issues by video and dialogue (aka, Socratic metho...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

The Impoverished State of the American Campfire and How to Build A Fire Properly

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When I was in Japan what drove me (and most other Western foreigners) loco was the Japanese obsession with procedure and protocol. There...
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Monday, July 21, 2014

Why Epistemology Matters: Reason Number 2

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Introduction A while back, in an attempt to assuage feelings of doubt, I wrote a post on why the main issues in epistemology matter to Joe ...