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Natural Kinds (Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci)
What are “natural kinds”? ... What the former planet Pluto can teach us about natural kinds ... Massimo’s changing views on theoretical entities ......
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The Ethics of Boycotts (David Ottlinger & Carson Young)
Our era of boycotts, from Jimmy Johns to Uber to Nike ... The ethics and political philosophy of boycotts ... "Society is not a...
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Activism and Philosophy (Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger)
The fight, and meta-fight, in philosophy over trans issues ... David's essay on philosophy and activism ... The admonition to "go read the literature"...
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Postmodernism in Life and Literature (Daniel Kaufman & E. John Winner)
A brief history of 20th-century literary criticism ... John's battles against radical feminists as a grad student at SUNY Albany ... Post-structuralism and "how...
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Western Philosophy as White Supremacism (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)
Crispin's recent essay, "Western Philosophy as White Supremacism" ... Dan accuses Crispin of ahistorical revisionism ... Descartes as a product of his age ......
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The Great Disintegration (Daniel Kaufman & Oliver Burkeman)
Journalism, from information scarcity to attention scarcity ... Is it harder to find “good” information these days? ... Oliver: Reliance on social media creates...