Category Archives: carnivalia

Philosophy carnival 85–with intellectual black holes

Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 21, 2009 Comments Off

I’ve found it hard to be enthusiastic about linking to carnivals, so my carnival linkage has lapsed without my quite intending it to. Therefore, I’ve decided I need to try something new: whenever there’s a carnival, comment on one of the more interesting submissions. Here’s my first entry in this effort: The 85th philosopher’s carnival [...]

Carnivals

Posted by Chris Hallquist on December 10, 2008 Comments Off

I wonder if I should just steal Greta’s or Adam’s HTML, but I’m too lazy to take the 30 second it would probably take for me to figure out how to do that.

Philosopher’s Carnival #83

Posted by Chris Hallquist on December 8, 2008 3 comments

Welcome to the 83rd philosophers carnival–a collection of the the best recent philosophy post from around the web who’s hosts do a minimal amount of self-promotion. *Ethics* A question of moral language: James Garvey asks “What does the phase ’100% ethically traded coffee’ mean when used by Starbucks?” Crazy metaphysics and morality: Richard Chappell discusses [...]

David Wolpe’s Why Faith Matters

Posted by Chris Hallquist on December 8, 2008 Comments Off

The great overall impression I get of David Wolpe’s Why Faith Matters is one of laziness. There are no grand sophistries or crazy ideas, but there’s also a lack of any serious attempt to answer the atheist writers he’s supposedly responding to. A few examples early on are striking, but as the book wears on [...]

Carnivalia

Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 3, 2008 Comments Off

*Encephalon 57 *Carnival of the Godless 103