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The first question of philosophy is “how should I live my life?” Sometimes this is also presented as “what is the good life?” because the trivial answer to the first formulation is “the best way possible.” However you want to frame it, it eventually boils down to the same thing. For the purposes of this […]
Read More Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics: A Common MisunderstandingResponse to David Coady’s “An Epistemic Defence of the Blogosphere” Preamble/vocab for non-philosophers: I wrote this for a class so, although I’ve tried to avoid it as much as possible, there are a few technical words which I’ll explain here:Epistemic reliability: A source is epistemically reliable if it produces/conveys more true beliefs than false beliefs. […]
Read More The Reliability of Blogs vs Conventional Media: A Response to David CoadyHey guys, Here’s a video I made to help my students understand Divine Command theory and the Euthyphro dilemma: https://plotagon.com/12834
Read More Divine Command Theory and the Euthyphro Dilemma (Video)I’ve talked about Gettier before and much of what I say here will overlap with what I’ve already said. It turns out I’m much more comfortable lecturing on something if I write about it the night before. Hopefully this won’t always be the case ‘cuz it takes up a lot of time… Why Should You […]
Read More Gettier RevisitedSo, I’ve been experimenting with a new way to explain major philosophical concepts and issues by video and dialogue (aka, Socratic method). I think dialogue is a much more intuitive way of understanding things. I’m not able to embed the video but here’s the link. Let me know what you think:https://plotagon.com/12235
Read More Cultural Relativism Vs Moral Objectivism
Wrestling with Philosophy 