Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Mail Bag

  • One-Category Trope Bundle Theory and Brentano’s Reism

    This morning's mail brought a longish letter from philosophy student Ryan Peterson.  He would like some comments and I will try to oblige him as time permits, but time is short. So for now I will confine my comments to the postscript of his letter: P.S. Just as crazy as one category trope bundle theory…

  • From the Mail Bag: Old-Time Reader Swims the Tiber

    This just in from Russell B.: Long time no talk. I hope you’re doing well. I have been thinking about your work on existence over the past 3-4 years very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that it has made me swim the Tiber (well, I was born and raised Catholic so did I actually leave?).…

  • Just over the Transom from Malcolm Pollack

    Hi Bill,   My neighbor didn't call me a Trumper to my face, but mentioned (back in April) to my wife that he had the impression that I was one. (I felt obliged to unpack the assertion in a post.)   The Cape has a lot of Dems, but most of the working people out here…

  • An Online Catalog of Theistic Arguments

    Chad McIntosh writes, I'd like to let you know about a project I've been working on for the past two years that I have just completed (for now): a fairly comprehensive, organized list and summary of theistic arguments. I hope it will be a useful resource. https://www.camcintosh.com/theistic/index.html I've also included at the very end (under META…

  • From the Mail Bag: Tony Benvin on Need

    On Aug. 7th you wrote ". . .the best response to the leftist who asks, "'Why do you need a gun?' is wrong question!"   I have been saying for years that debating that question is allowing the left to set the premise of the debate.   I also wanted to point out that questioning "need" is inherently…