Category: Varia
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Neven Sesardić on Brian Leiter
In case you missed it.
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Silicon Valley Robber Barons
Victor Davis Hanson Malcolm Pollack
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No Day Without Political Incorrectness
So today being St. Patrick's Day I think I will engage in some 'cultural appropriation.' I have been invited to a street party at which corned beef and cabbage will be served, and I shall partake. I'm not big on parties, but a little socializing with one's neighbors is conducive to comity. The wise do…
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Note to Correspondents
Please don't take it amiss if I fail to respond to your missives or do so in a cursory manner. I must be selective. Philosophia longa, vita brevis. The clock is running, and I have a lot to finish before the flag falls.
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Why No Posts Yesterday?
Because of a Typepad outage. Not my fault! Typepad, though, has served me well over the years. I have been with them since Halloween, 2008. Been blogging, though, since 2004. Total Typepad pageviews are now over four million. I thank you for your patronage. I'll write all the same, readers or no. I'm a natural-born…
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Some Notable 2016 Maverick Philosopher Entries
The View from Mount Zappfe: The Absurdity of Life and Intellectual Honesty. On one day alone, it drove traffic to 10,695 page views. Is Moral Relativism Dying? Propinquity and Social Distance Is it Rational to be Politically Ignorant? Making America Mexico Again On the Status of Thomistic Common Natures Christopher Hitchens, Religion, and Cognitive Dissonance The…
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Maverick Philosopher Chess Images
And others besides.
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Of Hyperlinks and Hyperbole
Mark Zuckerberg ". . . has destroyed the most powerful bridges that perhaps ever existed in the human history, the hyperlinks." Hyperbole to me, but you decide.
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Similar Bogart-Like Poses
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Cher to Jupiter
I hope Cher makes good on her 'threat' to bolt should Trump win. "If he were to be elected, I'm moving to Jupiter," she tweeted. This gives new meaning to my claim that there is a planetary difference between Right and Left. For more such celebrity nimrods see here. What will be become of the…
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Going Flat
After a mastectomy, some women choose to go flat. Should these flat chesters be allowed shirtless in public? I can't see why not. On the other hand, there is some small case for requiring top-heavy men to wear the mansiere in public, though I won't press the point.
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Feser Cancels Membership in Society of Christian Philosophers
Wise move. Things have come to a sorry pass when defunding the Left includes quitting the SCP. The outfit ought to rename itself: Society of Culturally Marxist 'Christian' Philosophers. And of course every Right-thinking person must work to defund the Left. Voting with feet and wallet are most effective. Just walk away and take your…
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3,290 Page Views Yesterday
Why the surge? I have no idea despite scrutiny of my referral list. I have been averaging 1600-1800 page views per day. But yesterday's spike was nothing like the one this site received in late February of this year: 10,695. I figure that that was due to my post about the Norwegian anti-natalist, Peter Wessel…
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Russian Roulette With a Semi-Automatic Pistol
This seems to be becoming an Internet meme. It comes with the implication that certain death will be the result. (See graphic below.) Let's think about this, just for fun. Strictly speaking, one can play Russian Roulette only with a revolver. But surely something analogous to Russian Roulette can be played with a semi-automatic pistol…
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Curious Bumpersticker
I actually saw this on the back of a car the other day. It was surrounded by other liberal bumper stickers. That suggests that no irony was intended. No doubt liberals are willfully stupid people, but is any liberal so stupid as not to know that 'b.s.' is a polite abbreviation for 'bullshit'? Related articles…