Belief and Credence by Elizabeth Grace Jackson
Shawn C.Paper and the Author: The Aim of the Paper: In “Belief and credence: why the attitude-type matters,” Jackson focuses on…
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A Problem: “My Philosophy of X is …”
Expressions like ‘my philosophy,’ ‘personal philosophy,’ or ‘teaching philosophy’ often do a disservice to the discipline of philosophy because they…
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Extreme Poverty and Morality – Moral Participation
In this post, I’m sharing one of my (expanded) undergraduate papers on applied ethics concerning John Arthur’s response to Peter…
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Political Toxicity as a Political Strategy
You May Support Fair Elections by Donating to FairVote.Org Certain special interests are interested in voter apathy (or voter apathy…
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A Toxic Culture of Ingratitude
Gentlemen, let us suppose that man is not stupid... But if he is not stupid, he is monstrously ungrateful! Phenomenally…
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Friedman, Price, Quine & Carnap
This blog post analyzes the complex interrelations and debates between key philosophical figures Rudolf Carnap, W.V. Quine, Michael Friedman...
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Two Dogmas of Empiricism – W.V.O Quine
Introduction: Paper and the Author: Willard Van Orman Quine (1908–2000) was an influential American philosopher and logician known for his…
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Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology – Carnap
In "Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology," Carnap attempts to show how our languages refer to abstract entities and are compatible with…
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Motivation – Epistemic Work
I favor internal epistemic justification over external ones. These are my brief thoughts, not a rigorous argument, on why we…
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Event-causal Indeterminism & Free Will
The debate around free will and determinism remains a central issue in philosophy. Navigating this complex discourse, Laura W. Ekstrom,…
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