Usually when I get into political discussions, these two (or three) questions tend to come up the most. So I made a new political compass since I think the common one really only works within a pretty limited domain, anyway. Some on the left like to say I’m on the right because I think people are ultimately responsible (descriptively) for their own actions. (You may … Continue reading A new (metaphysical)-political compass
I’ve mentioned Shrinking Future Time (SFT) before, and according to the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, it isn’t one of the three theories on the ontological differences (or lack thereof) between the past, present, and future. As the name suggests, the theory is just turning Growing Past Time (GPT) on its head: the present and future are real, but the past is not. My goal here is … Continue reading Philosophical Sketch: Shrinking Future Time
Today I have another writing prompt to respond to with philosophy instead of fiction. This time it’s about time. (Conveniently, time is another one of my favorite topics.) Once again it originates from tumblr. Time travel is a surprisingly well-explored area in philosophy. Freezing time is similar to time travel in some ways, though I’ve yet to come across any papers involving time … Continue reading WP: Time Freezing feat. Naps
Another writing prompt (with responses): Off the bat, I have a little bit of a problem with the premise given it entails fate, but that’s okay, it opens the door to talking about the interplay of free will and fate. I’ll talk about that first. Then I’ll get into the possibilities of what an upward-going string could mean, be it aliens, celestial bodies, or (as … Continue reading WP: Red Strings Extending Past the Sky (feat. Free Will)
From the writing-prompt-s tumblr: You live in an alternate world where twins — fraternal and identical — can feel each other’s physical pain. You are an only child with no siblings. One day, suddenly, you feel a burning pain in your chest. This prompt brings up a few problems. The first is of identity: what makes a pain yours? The next is an epistemic problem … Continue reading WP: Twin Pain
A friend of mine suggested I should write up how I came to idealism, which I’ll do here. I’ll note up front that I do not think that I came to it through the best philosophical arguments, possible or actual. Nonetheless, the path itself may be elucidatory of rhetorically strong arguments for it. (It may well also just be a generally uninteresting anecdote, but in … Continue reading Path to idealism
