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Any takers on a "philosophy" of the month? I stumbled across this website during an exchange with Tricky last week. Here's a summary of the "philosophy," if it is fair to use the word: http://www.transhumanism.org/index.php/WTA/more/transhumanist-values/ It seems worthy of debate whether or...

http://www.econlib.org/library/Mill/mlUQP5.html This might make a good jumping off point for a new thread. It could in many ways address a few threads that are occuring on both the science page, and here on the philosophy page. Mill probably spends a little too much time in trying to pin down...

OK, The last Philosopher Of the Month was started in April 2003. But, here on Planet X, we measure time the proper way! First an intro to the format : When Seelie began this, the "mission statement" was The idea is to create a thread in which a philosopher is introduced, we learn a bit...

This month's Philosopher of the Month is Rush Limbaugh. Mr. Limbaugh is known as much for his refined manners and gentle spirit as for his philosophy, but he can reason with the best of them. He has taken to introducing new terminology for complex topics for which existing terminology was...

An unofficial chapter in a very intermittent series of "Philosopher of the Month" threads Now, Seelie would have explained it like this: The idea is to create a thread in which a philosopher is introduced, we learn a bit about their history, and then we take a snippet of their writings/ideas...