Philosophy

I had a kinda cool start to a novel and then plunged it into nonsense and, err, didn’t finish it. Did I watch more than 52... »

First, I have come to realize that I was wrong about Dictator Bob’s Valuism. I still hold that it provides a clear framework (obviously consequentialist and... »

Rule 34: “If it exists, there is porn of it – no exceptions”. Of course, as xkcd points out, Rule 34 is a creative, or timeless,... »

Since 2011 a significant portion of my personal philosophies have been grounded in values, which, wondrously and frustratingly, do not seem readily reducible. However, values can change,... »

Part of the standard “problem of induction” is that any observation-based justification of induction uses induction. Which is generally viewed as circular reasoning. That is, of... »