Coordinates of Thought

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Markets are morally neutral tools

Debate Javier Morales
Economy & work Analytic #commodification #markets

For 1Against 3

5replies

16d
The “double truth” doctrine was never Ibn Rushd’s view

Debate Youssef Benali
Faith & reason Islamic Medieval Christian Falsafa Ibn Rushd #averroism #double-truth

For 3Against 1

5replies

17d
Introspection is too unreliable to ground a science of consciousness

Debate Elif Yıldız
Scientific method Analytic #introspection #science-of-mind

For 1Against 3

5replies

18d
Mystical experience can count as evidence for what it reveals

Debate Reza Tehrani
Mysticism & spirituality Islamic Persian Sufism #mystical-experience #religious-epistemology

For 3Against 3

7replies

23d
The hedonic treadmill shows money can’t buy lasting happiness

Debate Rohan Desai
Happiness & well-being #hedonic-adaptation #money

For 2Against 2

5replies

24d
Aristotle’s account of friendship is still the best one we have

Debate Giulia Ferrante
Love & friendship Greek & Roman Aristotelianism Aristotle #friendship #virtue

For 2Against 2

5replies

25d
The free will defence cannot explain natural evil

Debate Aoife Brennan
The problem of evil Analytic Medieval Christian #free-will-defence #natural-evil

For 3Against 4

9replies

25d
Kant was wrong: we can know things as they are in themselves

Debate Henrike Vogel
Reason & experience Modern European Immanuel Kant #things-in-themselves #transcendental-idealism

For 2Against 2

5replies

27d
Testimony is an independent source of knowledge, not reducible to perception or inference

Debate Meera Kulkarni
Evidence & testimony Analytic Indian #pramana #testimony

For 2Against 3

6replies

29d
Political meritocracy is better than electoral democracy

Debate Javier Morales
Power & the state Chinese Confucianism Confucius #democracy #meritocracy

For 1Against 3

5replies

Sep 2026
Existentialism can ground an ethics, and Beauvoir showed how

Debate Claire Dubois
Meta-ethics Continental Existentialism Simone de Beauvoir #existentialist-ethics #freedom

For 2Against 2

6replies

Sep 2026
Voluntary assisted dying should be legal for competent adults

Debate Elin Lindqvist
Bioethics Analytic #assisted-dying #autonomy

For 3Against 3

8replies

Sep 2026
The actual infinite is a useful fiction, not something real

Debate Vikram Sethi
Philosophy of mathematics Analytic Greek & Roman Aristotle #finitism #infinity

For 1Against 3

5replies

Sep 2026
Beauty is objective

Debate Kavya Menon
Beauty & art Modern European David Hume Immanuel Kant #aesthetics #taste

For 3Against 2

6replies

Sep 2026
Free speech should protect offensive religious satire

Debate Sana Mir
Rights & liberty #blasphemy #free-speech

For 3Against 4

8replies

Aug 2026
Consciousness is fundamental, not produced by the brain

Debate Arjun Iyer
Consciousness Analytic Indian Vedanta #idealism #panpsychism

For 3Against 4

9replies

Aug 2026
Numbers exist independently of us: mathematical platonism is true

Debate Tomasz Wójcik
Philosophy of mathematics Analytic Platonism #abstract-objects #mathematical-platonism

For 1Against 3

5replies

Aug 2026
Large language models understand nothing: the Chinese Room still applies

Debate Pieter de Jong
Artificial minds Analytic #chinese-room #large-language-models #understanding

For 3Against 4

9replies

Aug 2026
Al-Ghazali was right: causal necessity cannot be demonstrated

Debate Layla Haddad
Causation Islamic Kalam Al-Ghazali David Hume #causation #occasionalism

For 3Against 3

8replies

Aug 2026
Brain death is not death

Debate Omar Farouk
Bioethics Analytic #brain-death #definition-of-death

For 3Against 2

6replies

Aug 2026
Affirmative action is required by justice, not merely permitted

Debate Deepa Nair
Gender, race & identity Analytic #affirmative-action #equality

For 3Against 2

6replies

Aug 2026
Falsifiability is not a good criterion for what counts as science

Debate Emeka Nwosu
Scientific method Analytic #demarcation #falsifiability

For 3Against 2

6replies

Aug 2026
An unjust law is not really law: legal positivism is mistaken

Debate Hamza Qureshi
Law Analytic #legal-positivism #natural-law

For 3Against 2

6replies

Aug 2026
Algorithmic hiring tools are inherently unjust

Debate Nur Aisyah Rahman
Justice Analytic #algorithmic-bias #fairness

For 2Against 3

6replies

Aug 2026
There is no self: the Buddhist and Humean bundle views are basically right

Debate Priya Raghavan
Personal identity Buddhist Modern European David Hume #bundle-theory #no-self

For 2Against 4

7replies

Aug 2026
A universal basic income would make people freer, not lazier

Debate Javier Morales
Rights & liberty Analytic #basic-income #freedom

For 2Against 2

5replies

Aug 2026
Animals have moral rights, not just interests to be weighed

Debate Anand Pillai
Animals & environment Analytic #animal-rights #moral-status

For 2Against 3

6replies

Aug 2026

Coordinates of Thought: topics

⇄ Markets are morally neutral tools

⇄ The “double truth” doctrine was never Ibn Rushd’s view

⇄ Introspection is too unreliable to ground a science of consciousness

⇄ Mystical experience can count as evidence for what it reveals

⇄ The hedonic treadmill shows money can’t buy lasting happiness

⇄ Aristotle’s account of friendship is still the best one we have

⇄ The free will defence cannot explain natural evil

⇄ Kant was wrong: we can know things as they are in themselves

⇄ Testimony is an independent source of knowledge, not reducible to perception or inference

⇄ Political meritocracy is better than electoral democracy

⇄ Existentialism can ground an ethics, and Beauvoir showed how

⇄ Voluntary assisted dying should be legal for competent adults

⇄ The actual infinite is a useful fiction, not something real

⇄ Beauty is objective

⇄ Free speech should protect offensive religious satire

⇄ Consciousness is fundamental, not produced by the brain

⇄ Numbers exist independently of us: mathematical platonism is true

⇄ Large language models understand nothing: the Chinese Room still applies

⇄ Al-Ghazali was right: causal necessity cannot be demonstrated

⇄ Brain death is not death

⇄ Affirmative action is required by justice, not merely permitted

⇄ Falsifiability is not a good criterion for what counts as science

⇄ An unjust law is not really law: legal positivism is mistaken

⇄ Algorithmic hiring tools are inherently unjust

⇄ There is no self: the Buddhist and Humean bundle views are basically right

⇄ A universal basic income would make people freer, not lazier

⇄ Animals have moral rights, not just interests to be weighed

Markets are morally neutral tools

The “double truth” doctrine was never Ibn Rushd’s view

Introspection is too unreliable to ground a science of consciousness

Mystical experience can count as evidence for what it reveals

The hedonic treadmill shows money can’t buy lasting happiness

Aristotle’s account of friendship is still the best one we have

The free will defence cannot explain natural evil

Kant was wrong: we can know things as they are in themselves

Testimony is an independent source of knowledge, not reducible to perception or inference

Political meritocracy is better than electoral democracy

Existentialism can ground an ethics, and Beauvoir showed how

Voluntary assisted dying should be legal for competent adults

The actual infinite is a useful fiction, not something real

Beauty is objective

Free speech should protect offensive religious satire

Consciousness is fundamental, not produced by the brain

Numbers exist independently of us: mathematical platonism is true

Large language models understand nothing: the Chinese Room still applies

Al-Ghazali was right: causal necessity cannot be demonstrated

Brain death is not death

Affirmative action is required by justice, not merely permitted

Falsifiability is not a good criterion for what counts as science

An unjust law is not really law: legal positivism is mistaken

Algorithmic hiring tools are inherently unjust

There is no self: the Buddhist and Humean bundle views are basically right

A universal basic income would make people freer, not lazier

Animals have moral rights, not just interests to be weighed