The Philosophy Discussion Forum

At some point the Senate has to investigate the causes and conduct of this war. Probably after the midterms when some of the collaborators have been swept from office. It's going to be much larger than the Benghazi commission. I wonder how well Kegsbreath will do in those hearings. I see you are ma...

Judgement means, either/or. Without the burden of choice, animals follow the path of inevitability when hunting, which for them is the most efficient use of energy according to the creature’s capacities. So the wolves hunting in the wolf pack, for instance, will thanks to evolution inevitably follo...

I hope you won't mind though if I post links to a few of the more prominent CANZUK-related pages, for anyone interested in finding out more about that political movement? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANZUK This Wikipedia entry gives an overview, including critical views. https://www.canzukinternat...

True, but raises some interesting questions. For example, has it evolved in creatures other than humans? How about carnivores that engage in hunting in packs, using strategies? Where exactly they position themselves in the long grass, and when they decide to spring their trap and make their move on ...

I think people are unreliable in reporting their own beliefs. Also there's a difference between waxing meta-ethical and how one is in life. In the trenches of a battle with a heavy metal playing neighbor, the too touchy elementary school teacher their daughter has, their psycho boss and so on, I do...

None of which would matter in itself, but people are getting twitchy about how many of the social media sites are owned by a handful of multi-billionaires, often with political agendas, or at least with commercial interests strongly affected by politics, and deliver content selected by algorithms t...

In Britain, the word Fabianism has a whiff of the early 20th century about it. It's not exactly, so far as we can currently tell, the wave of the future. I expect some Labour Party activist still take it very seriously, and the Fabian Society is still a going concern, though basically a think tank. ...

Thanks for the welcome, and the warning! But for the last couple of years I've mainly been chatting on Twitter/X, and from a brief look around I'd say that this place is - relatively speaking - a haven of sanity and civility!

(Probably this shows just how bad Twitter has become)

Hi folks, I'm happy to be here, finding my way around and looking forward to discussing some philosophy.

(In the event that I can think of anything to say)

TBH my name isn't actually Radagast, but it sounds more interesting than, say, Mark.