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I'm a philosophy professor at the University of Lethbridge in Southern Alberta, Canada. I specialize in philosophy of war, game theory, contractarianism, and theodicy (the Problem of Evil). I am bald, fat, and ugly, but my wife loves me, so I don't care.

• THE REPARATIONS ARGUMENT

  By paulosophicalvimplications on September 28, 2020 • ( 3 )

  When receiving an award, be it for this or for that, it’s now considered churlish not to acknowledge that, “We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us.” Only at one’s peril should this be confused with “We… Read More ›

• KUMBAYA

  By paulosophicalvimplications on September 27, 2020 • ( 3 )

  Matter can neither be created nor destroyed. Well, if true that pretty much puts the kibosh on Creationism. But doesn’t it also rule out the Doctrine of Bodily Ascension? That is, at the moment of Mary’s ascension, the mass of… Read More ›

• JANUARY 20, 2021

  By paulosophicalvimplications on September 24, 2020 • ( 4 )

  If Donald Trump wins the election – whether by hook or by crook, it won’t matter, at least not from a Constitutional perspective – then there won’t be a Constitutional crisis to worry about on November 4th. But he’s taken… Read More ›

• BEHIND MY WIFE’S GENTLE EXTERIOR, THERE BE DRAGONS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on September 24, 2020 • ( 5 )

  Here’s a sobering, albeit quirky, ‘thoughtlet’ I got from my wife this morning: Dreams are a dime a dozen. Martin Luther King had one. So did Ed McCurdy. He dreamt “that men had all agreed to put an end to… Read More ›

• AN ANALYSIS OF MIRACLES IN THREE AWKWARD PHILOSOPHICAL MOMENTS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on September 21, 2020 • ( 2 )

  I. What is a Law of the Land? Thomas Hobbes thought that in a state of nature there’s “no government at all, except the government of small families, the concord whereof dependeth on natural lust,”  I’m not sure the concord… Read More ›

• THE SCRUM

  By paulosophicalvimplications on September 18, 2020 • ( 3 )

  *This post was first published on May 11, 2020 English has one distinct advantage over Italian. The distinction between an assertive and interrogative is embedded in the construction of the sentence. In writing Italians have to rely on the question mark,… Read More ›

• FRANCES WIDDOWSON

  By paulosophicalvimplications on September 14, 2020 • ( 6 )

  Frances Widdowson is a tenured professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. As it happens, I know the woman. And truth be told, I quite like her. Were I confined to a one word description of her it… Read More ›

• FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION

  By paulosophicalvimplications on September 2, 2020 • ( 2 )

  Here are the red button non-issues in America today, that have spilt over into Canada:  Covid is what it is, until some day it isn’t. And the economy is what it is until, like Covid, it’s not. So that leaves… Read More ›

• THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

  By paulosophicalvimplications on September 1, 2020 • ( 2 )

  A neighbourhood is a location and a socio-economic homogeneity. It’s a location because people don’t want to have to drive to borrow a cup of sugar. And it’s socio-economically homogenous because they like to chat when they’re borrowing a cup… Read More ›

• ‘TWAS AND ‘TIS ALWAYS THUS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on September 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  There isn’t a single person – or a married one for that matter – who hasn’t done something unworthy of himself. Even that Jesus fellow overturned tables that didn’t belong to him. So if we only erect statues to “he… Read More ›