If, as its etymology suggests, by ontology were meant the study of being, it wouldn’t have much to say, because being is an unanalysable primitive. That is, if you don’t know what it is for something to be, then I… Read More ›
trans activism
THE JUNKED AND THE UNJUNKED
Some time ago the feminist philosophy journal Hypatia published an article by Rebecca Tuvel in which she argued that, given the argumentation involved, if one can be transgendered, likewise can one be transracial, and if one can’t be transracial then… Read More ›
HOW TO RESOLVE THE TRANS ISSUE
How do we get from (1) to (2)? And then from (2) to (3)? With a whole lot of as-yet-suppressed premises. After all, I could be lying. In fact maybe I have lied, on this very matter. In the event… Read More ›
THE INTELLECTUAL DARK WEB
There’s no official membership list, but there’s a fairly clear description of who’d be on it. In the light of that description, I’ve just found out, much to my delight, that I am myself a member of the Intellectual Dark… Read More ›
Paulosophical Vimplications 