A Critique of Huemer on Reasons and Consistency
I’ve done my best to transcribe excerpts from this clip:
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Against "Against Subjectivism" (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of an ongoing series that critiques Christian Gonzalez’s article, “Against Subjectivism.” Here is Christian’s article and here is Part 1. I recommend reading these first before reading this article, since this picks up right from the end of Part 1.
Against "Against Subjectivism" (Part 1)
1.0 Introduction
A Critique of Walter Veit's Polemic Against Moral Realism
I don’t know of anyone who is more of a vocal proponent of moral antirealism than me (if you do, please let me know!).
People don't act "as if" moral realism is true
To say that people act “as if” moral realism is true is to take some set of behavior or practices we have established people engage in, then offer a theoretical account of why people engage in that behavior that explains what’s going on.
Mud begets more muddlement
Excerpt from “A Compendium on Naravost, Volume 4: Religions and Cultural Practices”:
There are no Unconditional Pragmatic Reasons to be a Value Realist
A Critical Response to J.P. Andrew
Both Sides Brigades comments on my recent critique and accuses me of doing philosophy on "easy mode"
Both Sides Brigade (BSB) made some comments about this recent critical response.
Both Sides Brigade Doesn't Understand the Unintelligibility Thesis
[Edited to add on 6/23/2026, at 9:25 AM ET]
Philosophical intuitions aren't hunches: A response to Disagreeable Me
Disagreeable Me (DM) has provided some commentary on my critical response to Bookbinder here. I respond to DM here.