Review of Pinker’s “Rationality”Review of Steven Pinker, “Rationaliteit: Wat rationeel denken is en waarom we het meer dan ooit nodig hebben” (Atlas Contact, 432 blz.)Sep 30, 2021Sep 30, 2021
The public debate about freedom of speech should get less legal and more concreteThe discussion about freedom of speech often revolves around our legal right to express ourselves. This is understandable and necessary…Sep 1, 2021Sep 1, 2021
Because of Whatsapp, we no longer know how to have proper conversations. Or do we?Early summer. We all sit around the table, my family and I. My brother-in-law is chatting away, passes me the newspaper and points out…Aug 29, 2021Aug 29, 2021
Corona ethics: a tragedy in two actsA lecture on COVID-19 tragies, on code black triage and fair innings, doing ‘fast philosophy’, on what distinguishes a tragedy from a F*up…Jul 1, 2020Jul 1, 2020
Ethicists, hold your horsesintensive care beds or ventilators run out, who should be saved? And how should such decisions be morally justified?Jun 2, 2020Jun 2, 2020
Philosophers being lonely on their syllogistic mountain peaks: read Eleanor Gordon-SmithTranslation of new Dutch review of Gordon-Smith’s ‘Stop Being Reasonable’Apr 15, 2020A response icon1Apr 15, 2020A response icon1