Philosophy Now Forum

The US is a long way from having a civil war, but it has some of the elements that precede one. As others have pointed out, one thing militaring against a secession movement is the fact that the two sides in a possible American civil war are deeply interpenetrated. If most Leftists lived in certain ...

The word "socialism" is used by different people to mean different things. To have a productive argument with someone who is using it to mean full-on socialism -- not social-democratic welfare state measures, not union reps on boards of directors, but the end of capitalism .... you need to...

Getting in late here, and perhaps this has already been covered, if so, ignore. What happened in Washington was of course illegal. And it was 'worse than a crime, it was a blunder'. The word 'insurrection' is often used to cover riots -- like those which occurred in 1968, by leftists -- but I think ...

Howdy back from a fellow Texan (born and raised in Houston, long long ago).
By 'logic mathematics' do you mean 'mathematical logic'? Where are you studying?

... I do like to think about some of the same things y'all do. Like: what the hell is consciousness? and How can we know what's true? In particular, how can we know true things about social reality ? Given that there are some very intelligent people, who are not obviously motivated by the desire to ...