Original poster art for Gun Crazy, directed by Joseph H. Lewis (1950) In “Gun Crazy: A Moral Argument for Gun Abolitionism,” Robert Hanna argues that not only (i) owning, carrying, and/or using guns, but also (ii) The 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution, and (iii) their necessary consequence, gun violence, are all rationally unjustified and … [continue reading]
Monthly Archives: September 2026
Mass, Energy, and the Metaphysics of Circularity.
(Gieras, 2024) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. Mass, Energy, and the Metaphysics of Circularity 1. Introduction Mass and energy are typically presented as fundamental physical properties, unified by … [continue reading]
A Turd in the Punchbowl: Initial Thoughts on Christoph Shuringa’s “A Social History of Analytic Philosophy,” Or, An Epigone Crashes the Party, #19: On the Origins of Neoliberalism and Austrian Economics.
(Schuringa, 2025) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. The Myth of Socially Disconnected Analytic Philosophy 3. The Death of Moritz Schlick 4. The Vienna Circle Takes On the German Philosophical Society 5. Otto Neurath 6. Rudoph Carnap 7. Hans Hahn 8. Philipp Frank 9. Edgar Zilsel 10. Rose Rand 11. Susan Stebbing 12. Russell and … [continue reading]