End Times archive

Here he discusses psychedelics and the hard problem of consciousness, panpsychism, why psychedelics is no safe harbour, the link between psychedelics and Bergson, why using the word spiritual makes him uneasy, psychedelics and Nietzsche, consciousness and hallucination, A.N. Whitehead and mysticism, the influence of psychedelic drugs on philosophy, whether psychedelics are cognitive enhancers, and the ethical issues of psychedelics. Freak out... Peter Sjöstedt-H Published on: May 7, 2017 @ 16:57

Here she talks about the difference between Descartes and 'Descartes', his 'advanced mask', the role of time in Cartesian subjectivity, Bourdin and Descartes, slow reading Descartes, other feminist readings of Descartes, dioptrics, Foucault and Derrida, dream narratives, God, Descartes as stylist and avoiding the continental/analytic divide soas to talk to everybody. Kyoo Lee Published on: May 7, 2017 @ 13:12

Here she discusses the central importance of Peirce, Peircean pragmatism's link to empiricism and Kant, critical commonsensim’ and ‘resolute fallibilism', Peirce's views about belief, the pragmatist tradition, pragmatism and metaphysics, whether pragmatism muddles ontology with epistemology, morality, politics and pragmatism, why Habermas doesn't help, non-American pragmatism, Frank Ramsey's pragmatist attacks on Wittgenstein's Tractatus and his importance for pragmatism and the pragmatist view of truth. Cheryl Misak Published on: Apr 29, 2017 @ 10:55

Here she discusses Meno's paradox, what it is and how Plato answers it, how others such as Aristotle, Plutarch, Stoics and others handle it, 'stepping stones' and 'matching' approaches to foreknowledge, the distinction between objectual and propositional inquiry, Sextus and why she thinks Pyrrhonian suspension of belief doesn't mean they suspend all belief, Plato's 'Two Worlds' theory of belief, and how Plato's views on knowledge and belief intersect or not with contemporary thinking. This is a good case for thinking we're just footnotes... Gail Judith Fine Published on: Apr 17, 2017 @ 11:17

Here he discusses the just war theory, its relationship to pacifism, collaterally enabled harm, the reprisal dilemma, human shields and moral coercion, the moral responsibility of soldiers, whether it's ever ok to back an unjust war, non-combatant immunity and war profiteering, just war theory and the law, and the legal responsibility of leaders. This one keeps it real... Saba Bazargan-Forward Published on: Apr 8, 2017 @ 09:09

Here he discusses how intention engages rationality, why we should want to be rational, why he doesn't think ethics is a branch of psychology, why economics needs ethics, equality, fairness as the good of equality, what is to be measured regarding the wellbeing of people, why climate change is very very harmful, how we should value policies inn regard to the threat, how to measure its cost, and whether 'well being' is a useful concept. This goes to the hard ground... John Broome Published on: Apr 2, 2017 @ 09:45

Here he discusses modern continental philosophy, immanence, difference, thought, the overcoming of metaphysics, the 'inside' and the 'outside', Bergson's three challenges, Bergon's qualitative multiplicity, Husserl and Heidegger, Derrida, incompleteness, 'the worst', 'hospitality', deconstruction, animality, why transcendental idealism over naturalism, whether immanence and transcendance are different, singularity, the ethos of the 'incorruptables' Foucault, Derrida and Deleuze. Leonard "Len" Lawlor Published on: Mar 31, 2017 @ 05:12

Here he discusses the block theory of time, the Moving Spotlight rival theory, how fast time passes, causal vs non-causal explanation, teleological answers to why questions, explanations of actions, the difference between understanding why and knowing why, Shelly Kagan and indeterminate desert, Haeccetism and why getting what you want when all you want is for your life not to go well can be untangled. Read these microhelen thoughts and launch your own drunken boat... Bradford Skow Published on: Mar 25, 2017 @ 22:15

Here she discusses the rationality of rationality, permissivism, irrelevant influences, the connection between rationality and accuracy, higher-order evidence, imprecise credences, callibrationism, internalism, decision theory and parity and ontic vagueness. Go figure... Miriam Schoenfield Published on: Mar 18, 2017 @ 15:05

Here he discusses the relation of time to action, why explanations of action require a tensed reality, basic actions, Kavka's toxin puzzle, Heidegger and free-will, John Fischer and temporal loops, whether Heidegger is a narrativist about selves, Sam Scheffler and the afterlife, responses to the the Doomsday Scenario, whether Bernard Williams is right about whether we should desire immortality, and Kant's views about evil. This is a long walk... Roman Altshuler Published on: Mar 14, 2017 @ 06:34

Here he discusses a central tension between human beings and the world, about the way different traditions and cultures have thought about this, Chuang Tzu, Nietzsche, Kant, Advaita Vedanta, existentialism, the dis-encumbenced person, writing about nature, a philosophy of gardening, an approach to meaning that doesn't focus exclusively on language, the educational philosophy of Nietzsche and philosophy of education more generally. Take a long winding walk... David E Cooper Published on: Mar 4, 2017 @ 11:28

Here, in English, he discusses the tension between tragedy and philosophy, Hölderlin, Heidegger, art, the lyrical, the ethical image, Klee and Gadamer. Dennis Schmidt Published on: Feb 25, 2017 @ 10:29