Monthly Archives: March 2009

Reductio my ass.

By John Basl | Published: March 22, 2009
I’ve recently come to hold the view that artifacts have morally relevant interests (i.e. artifacts are morally considerable). I came to hold this view because I hold that etiological functions underwrites interests, artifacts have functions in the sense mentioned, and that there is no morally relevant difference between the functions of those artifacts and other [...]
Posted in Ethics/Metaethics, General Philosophy | 6 Comments

Apparently, I’m a creationist

By John Basl | Published: March 4, 2009
This past Monday (3/2/09) I attended a public talk by Dan Dennett. Overall, I thought Dennett’s talk was pretty good. It was a public lecture and it was to be expected that it would be a bit superficial. It was, and that is fine. But, at one point, Dennett made the claim that both Thomas [...]
Posted in Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science | 9 Comments
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