My Trumpian mea culpa

“… Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do …

New Directions in the Humanities: 17-19 June, UBC

Overview I had never heard of this conference, but wanted to attend to stretch my limits a bit. Speakers from …

Towards A Science of Consciousness Conference – University of Helsinki June 2015

   This is the second time I’ve attended this conference. The  first time was in Stockholm and I came away …

Nootka Island – A Kayak Trip

The Vancouver School Board runs a  program called “Take A Hike“. They describe the program in this way: Take a …

World Religions Conference, 7 May, 2015, Airdrie.

Religious Freedom and Freedom of Speech (notes for a talk) I’m very happy to participate in this panel tonight and …

WCPA

Nick Harrison: Explaining Addictive Choice standard models of explaining addiction: the rational choice (RC) account or neurobiology (NB). Harrison opts …

WCPA

Eugene Chislenko: Akratic Belief Akratic belief (df): beliefs one believes one should not have. Scanlon: akrasia can be caused by …

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Mark Migotti and Nicole Wyatt: Are We Doing he Philosophy of Sex Right Now? 1. What makes a desire a …

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Abe Nuri: Rethinking Egalitarianism: Value f Burden For egalitarians, a large problem is to distinguish between choice and luck. An …

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Elliot Goodine: Empathy and Moral Judgement: On Prinz and Hume Prinz argues empathy plays no important role in morality. Goodine …