CNN can show us an apple, but it can’t show us Russian election meddling or global warming or people being made safe by gun control. Unlike apples, these are complex things not amenable to depiction.
Tag: philosophy
Keynesian Economics is a Puerile Philosophy (7m) – Peaceful Anarchism 027
Peaceful Anarchism 027, “A lack of consideration for the future is what distinguishes Keynesian economics. Spend, consume, and become indebted because the day of reckoning and the pain of reality can always be pushed to future generations to deal with.”
The Key Mental Habit of Simplicity
I’ve written a lot about simplifying your life, from the philosophy behind it to the tactical steps to getting to simplicity. But the true key isn’t in the steps, it’s in our mental habits.
Any Penalty Which is Not Restorative is Aggression
I oppose the death penalty. I oppose incarceration. I oppose involuntary commitment. I oppose fines paid to the state. The only “penalty” I support is making restitution to one’s victims in the case that they suffered real and articulable harm as a direct result of one’s actions.
Paint and Corners and Statists
In Facebook discussions I sometimes find it amusing to let statists paint themselves into corners. It’s easy for them to do, because statism is internally inconsistent and stupid. All I have to do is keep them talking, and that corner, surrounded by the paint they applied, with no way out, is where they’ll end up.
Words Poorly Used, Another Devil’s Dictionary #4
Will of the people — That for which the people have no comprehension until they are told of it by politicians.
Journalism and Philosophy
At today’s philosophy shared interest group we talked about journalism and the question came up whether journalism was coincident with philosophy in any way. It occurred to me, thinking about it, that philosophy and journalism may have started in the same way.
The Many Uses of Argumentation
The root of an idea a person has is generally going to shine through when you have a discussion and make strong arguments against their (main) points. When someone has intellectual integrity and likes to believe that they believe things due to reason and evidence … they will be put into a difficult position.
J. S. Mill’s Methods V
From Dictionary of Philosophy: Mill’s methods: Inductive methods formulated by John Stuart Mill for the discovery of causal relations between phenomena.
J. S. Mill’s Methods IV
From Dictionary of Philosophy: Mill’s methods: Inductive methods formulated by John Stuart Mill for the discovery of causal relations between phenomena.