Maverick Philosopher

Diversity

Opposing natural diversity, leftists seek to impose social diversity by law.

Diversity Worth Having

Diversity worth having presupposes a principle of unity that controls the diversity. Diversity must be checked and balanced by the competing value of unity, a value with an equal, if not greater, claim on our respect. Example. ...

Notes on Philosophical Terminology and its Fluidity

The Fact of Terminological Fluidity If Peter and Bill are talking philosophy, the first thing that has to occur, if there is is to be any forward movement, is that the interlocutors must pin each other down terminology-wise. Each has to...

A Secret Plan to Destroy America

Malcolm Pollack recommends the following. I've reproduced it verbatim. It is that good. ............................... Democrat and former Colorado Governor Dick Lamm gave the following speech in Washington, DC in 2003. Originally pu...

Dallas Willard on Being and Modes of Being

How do we best honor a philosopher, especially one who has passed on? By taking him seriously as an interlocutor and re-enacting his thoughts, sympathetically yet critically. What follows is pp. 37-42 of my article, "The Moreland-Will...

Michael Sudduth Converts to Vaishnava Vedanta!

The New Year has brought me quite a lot of surprising e-mail, but the following missive wins the surprise prize. (Since Dr. Sudduth has sent his open letter to numerous correspondents, and has posted it on his Facebook page, I feel enti...

On Transcending Tribalism

Jonathan Haidt: Humans are tribal, but tribalism can be transcended. It exists in tension with our extraordinary ability to develop bonds with other human beings. Romeo and Juliet fell in love. French, British and German soldiers came...

A Comment Thread on Tribalism and Identity Politics from December, 2015

Part of an uncommonly good thread. Here is the entry to which the thread attaches. .......................................................... Anon, My point was that many short comments are better than one long one. One problem ...

The Two Opposites of 'Nothing' and the Logical Irreducibility of Being (2018 Version)

This entry is part of the ongoing debate with the Opponent a. k. a. the Dark Ostrich. It is interesting that 'nothing' has two opposites. One is 'something.' Call it the logical opposite. The other is 'being.' Call it the ontologi...