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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.

• REVISIONIST APOLOGETICS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on August 14, 2023 • ( 0 )

  If you’re ever in court, and you want to inject a little humour into the proceedings, try speaking into your flip phone, “Beam me up, Scotty!” But if instead you think a little honesty might help your case, try “You… Read More ›

• FLY SOUP

  By paulosophicalvimplications on August 11, 2023 • ( 1 )

  Man dining in a high-end French restaurant. “Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup.” “Mais non, Monsieur, zis iz vly zoup!” Why does it matter? Because if it’s a fly in my soup I’m entitled to an apology and dinner… Read More ›

• A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON PERSPECTIVES

  By paulosophicalvimplications on August 4, 2023 • ( 0 )

  In the rest of the world … Stop right there. When I talk about “the rest of the world”, what I mean – as would any white supremacist European settler colonialist – are places other than Western Europe, North America… Read More ›

• WHY I DON’T GIVE INTERVIEWS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on August 4, 2023 • ( 2 )

  Last week the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom, on my behalf and that of two other complainants, filed a Charter challenge against the University of Lethbridge for cancelling a talk I had organised by Frances Widdowson on the effects of… Read More ›

• ONE TIN SOLDIER

  By paulosophicalvimplications on July 26, 2023 • ( 0 )

  Man steps into a crowded hotel elevator. “What floor?” asks the woman closest to the buttons. “Ladies lingerie,” he answers. Everyone laughs. She doesn’t. She’s from Women’s Studies, so of course she files a sexual harassment complaint against him. It’s… Read More ›

• HOMO HUMOROSO

  By paulosophicalvimplications on July 25, 2023 • ( 2 )

  The recent spate of public Quran burnings, first in Sweden and now in Denmark, and Moslem countries calling in their ambassadors – as if these demonstrations were state-sponsored – goes to the very core of the freedom of expression debate,… Read More ›

• HOW TO SURVIVE THIS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on July 24, 2023 • ( 0 )

  If you’re called out for a micro-aggression, call out the micro-aggression of being called out for a micro-aggression. If it’s then argued that the subaltern can’t micro-aggress, nod your head in full agreement and then point to yourself as the… Read More ›

• AN APOLOGIA

  By paulosophicalvimplications on July 24, 2023 • ( 0 )

  We all notice patterns. But we don’t all notice the same patterns. Here’s one I’m noticing. In defending the revised curriculum for schools subject to the authority of the Florida Department of Education, Ron DeSantis observed that at least some… Read More ›

• BASIC GRAMMAR FOR ESL STUDENTS AND THE WOKE

  By paulosophicalvimplications on July 24, 2023 • ( 7 )

  Call it special pleading, but there’s a reason to keep old people alive. It’s not that we’re wiser. It’s that we’re more likely to’ve seen it all before. For example: Back in the day – by which I mean when… Read More ›

• NOT THE SHARPEST PENCIL IN THE BOX

  By paulosophicalvimplications on July 22, 2023 • ( 2 )

  What follows might appear to be me doubling down on my pasquinading the Dean of Arts and Science at the University of Lethbridge. But it’s not. It’s just a standard exercise in the Philosophy of Language. To wit: After his… Read More ›