Category: Epistemology

July 24, 2016

Argumentation Ethics, Libertarianism, & Culture

The Socratic Catholic has recently written posts about libertarianism, culture, and the incoherence of libertarianism. You…

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July 20, 2016

Axiom vs. a priori

Many libertarians use the word axiom when they mean “a (synthetic) a priori statement.” Rothbard…

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July 19, 2016

The Double Meaning of “Cannot”

Something important I realized yesterday is the fact that “cannot” is used in two different…

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July 19, 2016

Clarifying Further What The A Priori of Argumentation Is

I was rereading a section of The Economics and Ethics of Private Property by Hans-Hermann Hoppe…

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July 3, 2016

Logic, Existence, and Argumentation

In this article http://steve-patterson.com/everything-is-grounded-in-logic/, Steve Patterson points out that “logic and existence are inseparable,” and that…

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June 26, 2016

Argumentation and Validity

The whole idea of validity of any claim, including normative claims, only comes into existence…

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May 24, 2016

Lying Is Like Coercion

It is often said by libertarians that libertarianism opposes coercion and that “ideas aren’t…

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