We're very pleased to announce the first PEA Soup discussion of a paper published in Politics Philosophy & Economics. We will kick off with A.J. Julius's piece 'The Possibility of Exchange', which is available here. The discussion will open on Monday, December the 16th. Victor Tadros […] Read More
It is an interesting fact about many of our most important choices, such as the choice of what kind of education to pursue, whether and whom to marry, and whether to have children – for short, life choices – that they transform us in ways […] Read More
I am pleased to introduce this month's featured philosopher: me. Please join me in welcoming me. [Added Monday morning 18 November by Shoemaker: Because of some random spamming difficulties, all comments will now be moderated. Please be patient, as comments must now be read and […] Read More
We are very pleased to begin our announced Ethics discussion of Erich Hatala Matthes' piece, “History, Value, and Irreplaceability," which can be found open access here. Carolyn Korsmeyer, professor of philosophy at the University of Buffalo (SUNY), will open the discussion with the critical précis below the fold. […] Read More
UPDATE!! SCIENTIFIC PROOF THAT A SUBSTANTIVE PROPERTY OF FINAL VALUE IS A PHILOSOPHER'S FANTASY (AND THAT EVEN PHILOSOPHERS DON'T TRULY BELIEVE IT). (Sorry for the sensationalism, but suddenly one needs to compete for an audience around here! And I think I "buried the lead" in […] Read More
We're very happy to welcome Julia Driver aboard as an officially contributing member to PEA Soup. Julia is a professor of philosophy at Washington University, St. Louis, and she has done important work in many areas of moral philosophy. I'm sure many of you are […] Read More
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Thanks to a generous grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Developing Character Project. The project builds on the work during the past three years of the Character Project based at Wake Forest University. The primary […] Read More