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Rationality and Thinking in Foreign Languages

According to a recent study, decisions reached while thinking in a “foreign” i.e. non-native language are more likely to be rational. From the abstract: Using a foreign language reduces decision-making...

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Guest Post: Mattheus von Guttenberg on an Exploration of the Validity and...

The following guest post is from Mattheus von Guttenberg, who is currently studying history and economics at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida and writes for the blog Economic Thought. Click...

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Joshua Foa Dienstag on Pessimism

“Instead, I argue that while many of the pessimists are well-known, the nature of their common project (indeed, the very idea that they have a common project) has been obscured. Since pessimism is...

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Upcoming Changes

First, let me apologize for my delinquency. Many an obligation has kept me from updating for two months, and for that I am truly sorry. Rest assured, I will be posting again in no time. Rather than...

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From the Pulpit: The Stacked Deck

Even casual readers of my blog will have picked up on my skepticism of religion. To be sure, I have not arrived at my atheism lightly; I was raised in a Christian household and for much of my childhood...

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Undergrad CFP: Ephemeris 2013

Ephemeris, the online undergraduate journal through Union College, has issued a Call For Papers for the upcoming 2013 edition. The submission deadline is February 11th, 2013. If you or your students...

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The New Carnival

I’ve unfortunately had to abstain from blogging for almost two months now, for what [I think] are some very good reasons. Not only did I recently relocate, I did so in order to pursue my MA in...

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Sidgwick on the Dualism of Practical Reason

Along with (a) a fundamental moral conviction that I ought to sacrifice my own happiness, if by so doing I can increase the happiness of others to a greater extent than I diminish my own, I find also...

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Cfp: 16th Annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference

Reblogged from Florida Student Philosophy Blog: The 16th Annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference will be hosted at the University of North Florida (Jacksonville) on March 2, 2013. The...

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Spinoza on Perceived Free Will

So experience itself, no less clearly than reason, teaches that men believe themselves free because they are conscious of their own actions, and ignorant of the causes by which they are determined....

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Philosophers’ Carnival No. 147

Welcome to the 147th edition of the Philosophers’ Carnival here at Philosophy & Polity! There are some really great posts, running the gamut of everything from philosophy of religion to the...

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Philosophers’ Carnival #148 @ In Search of Logic

Hey everyone! Head on over to Abram Demski’s blog In Search of Logic to see the February 10th edition of the Philosophers’ Carnival! The March 10th edition, #149, will be held at Kennypearce.net, and...

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Thoughts on Mill Pt.1: Contra Qualitative Considerations in J.S. Mill’s...

Beleaguered by criticisms that Jeremy Bentham’s utilitarianism debases human nature by setting mere pleasure as man’s greatest good, J.S. Mill proposes a qualitative distinction between higher and...

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David Chalmers –“On the Limits of Philosophical Progress”

David Chalmers – “On the Limits of Philosophical Progress” David Chalmers elucidates his glass-half-full approach to progress in philosophy, originally delivered at the 2011Harvard-Australia conference...

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Thoughts on Mill Pt.II: Proof of First Principles

In giving an account of utilitarianism, J.S. Mill seeks to identity what type of proof is sufficient to accept the utilitarian principle that happiness is our only desirable end. The proof Mill offers...

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