Please consider the following three cases and then take the following poll: Case A (‘A’ for Abe): Abe poisons his son, Larry. The poison causes […] Read More
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Let A1-A6 stand for six distinct agents. Let V1-V6 stand for six distinct potential victims. Let T1-T6 stand for six distinct and successive times. And […] Read More
Smith has exactly two doses of anesthetic, and Jones has zero doses of anesthetic. Tom is having an operation on Saturday, and unless Smith gives […] Read More
Smith has exactly two doses of anesthetic. Tom is having an operation on Saturday, and unless Smith gives Tom a double-dose of anesthetic right before […] Read More
I’ve been reading Krister Bykvist’s and Jonas Olson’s wonderful paper entitled ‘Expressivism and Moral Certitude’ (HERE). Krister and Jonas argue that ecumenical forms of expressivism […] Read More
In "Stalking the Perfect Journal" (Essay 8 in The Great Eskimo Snow Vocabulary Hoax), Geoff Pullum lists some suggestions for improving academic journals; his focus […] Read More
We act for reasons all the time. Here's an interesting question: (Q1) what kind of thing are those reasons our actions are based on? We […] Read More
This is my first attempt at a PEA Soup post…thanks for reading this far! It is very common to see philosophers say that special relationships […] Read More
I am getting ready to teach logic again. It’s been a while, because I grew discontent with the standard curriculum. Maybe PEA Soupers can help […] Read More