Category: Philosophy

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 19, 2016

A Short Thought on Intellectual Property

Here are 3 points that if they were understood widely in the libertarian community then…

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July 18, 2016

A Defense of Body-ownership and Parents

Libertarians have long had trouble with the question of “Who owns a child and when…

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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 27, 2016

No, You Can’t Be A Friend of Liberty And Support The Atomic Bombings

NOTE: This is the updated version of the article that I had on Altar & Throne,…

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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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March 27, 2016

Taxation Is Theft

Lately there have been many “Taxation is Theft” memes floating around in the libertarian community;…

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February 29, 2016

Kinsella on Pets, Soup, Kidneys, & Consent

A few months ago I emailed questions regarding property rights to Stephan Kinsella. This post…

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February 26, 2016

Reading about Argumentation Ethics

Today I was caught up in more work and language study than what I thought…

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