Tim Scanlon’s final topic during his series of Townsend lectures at UC Berkeley was “Learning from Psychopaths”. This was … More
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Scanlon at Berkeley, Part II. Being Realistic About Reasons
While hanging out in the philosophy library before the first of Tim Scanlon’s Townsend lectures, I finally got around to … More
Rawls and Climate
“It is uncertain whether man will not use his powers to destroy himself, and others, and the whole of nature.” … More
A Dialog on The Self
What is the self? Do we have one? Do we need one? If you refer to “yourself,” are you referring … More
Free Will and Benjamin Libet, part I
Do we have free will? Do we need it? What in the world is free will anyway? A few thoughts … More
Does Information Smell?
Riccardo Manzotti and Tim Parks have been doing a nice job of creating a fun and thought provoking series of … More
Dialog on Morality, Part II: Moral Relativism
We are continuing our discussion of morality, inspired by Jonathan Haidt’s Moral Foundations Theory and the insights it provides into … More
Dialog on Morality, Part I
“Yes, of course I got your list of demands.” New Yorker caption contest People have been wondering about … More
As in a Mirror
BQTA presents a guest post by Rick Lenon The Ingmar Bergman film Through a Glass Darkly (Swedish: Såsom i … More