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Revising Self-ownership
In various articles in the past I have made a monist objection to a dualistic concept of self-ownership due to the problems that an absolute mind/body dichotomy leads to. To summarize the problem: who exactly is it that is doing the owning? If I own it...
Posted Thu, Jan 8 2009 by Brainpolice | 473 comment(s)
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"Plumbline Libertarianism" Pro and Con
Those familiar with Walter Block should know that he advocates taking what he calls a "plumbline" approach to libertarianism that is neutral to the left/right scale or dichtomy. At face value, I agree with this if one is refering to the warped...
Posted Thu, Dec 18 2008 by Brainpolice | 2 comment(s)
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Two Fallacies (Or Three?)
In discussing and debating economic and political issues, there are some rather ridiculous fallacies that are commonly manifested in public discourse. These fallacies are not directed at the content of one's ideas so much as the character of those...
Posted Thu, Dec 6 2007 by Brainpolice | 3 comment(s)
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