Siris

I notice with some amusement that many U.S. bloggers who have had election-related posts over the past two weeks or so are now moving on to ...

An old Jewish parable, adapted somewhat to new ends: A man planted a vineyard, hoping to grow grapes. But the grapes were wild and useless. ...

David Chalmers and David Bourget are putting together what they call a taxonomy of philosophy . The actual draft of the taxonomy is here . I...

Houyhnhnm Land is currently being upgraded from shared hosting to a virtual private server. This won't affect the site at all unless I ...

A: He's always talking about change. He won't change nothing. B: Oh, I don't know about that. A: He won't change nothing. Th...

A reminder that our civic responsibilities with regard to our representatives do not end at electing them: When I possess a material good, I...

Socrates, in Plato's Gorgias : No, Callicles, the very bad men come from the class of those who have power. And yet in that very class t...