The Great Conversation Continues with Mike Matteson, UNCG Dept. of Philosophy War is hell. It is a condition in which soldiers are justified in killing one another and in which soldiers are liable to being killed. The Just War tradition has been engaged in trying to make this hell as tolerable… Continue reading…
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. John King, UNCG Dept. of Philosophy Many fantastic scenarios have been employed in arguments for skepticism—evil spirits messing with minds, mad scientists messing with brains, extragalactic aliens messing with thoughts—but the presumably counterfactual character of the scenarios has kept them from winning many converts. Our… Continue reading…
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. Robert Guttentag, UNCG Dept. of Psychology We are all aware of how common it is for other people to hold beliefs that we think are odd, weird, or just plain wrong. Some of these beliefs relate to matters of opinion, but others involve beliefs in… Continue reading…
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. John Roberts, UNC Chapel Hill Dept. of Philosophy Among the ancient Greek philosophers, it was a common view that there can exist only a “potential infinity,” never an “actual infinity”: So for example, you could designate a point on a line and then designate another… Continue reading…
The Great Conversation Continues with Dr. Gary Rosenkrantz, UNCG Dept. of Philosophy, Dr. Rosenkrantz will defend the metaphysical thesis that every known living organism has an essential, vital part which determines its identity. This essential, vital part regulates or controls all of the biological functions of the parts of that living… Continue reading…
