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Monthly Archives: August 2009

Unsurprising (Leiter on Vegan, Again)

Brian Leiter has posted a response to discussion of his “poll,” which can be read here. Suffice to say, his response is unsurprising. His argument against being vegan is not an argument against being vegan at all. For instance, he takes up Singer’s utilitarianism which does not lead to vegan position — Singer himself argues [...]

Regarding Sokal

Frankly, it isn’t a topic that interests me a whole lot — I rarely read Social Text, I have no commitment to “post-modernism,” and while some of my work draws upon concepts developed in the context of “science studies,” I don’t study science myself. All the same, that didn’t stop me from making comments on [...]