Concept tag
#thought-experiments
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Why did Philippa Foot invent the trolley case, and what did Judith Jarvis Thomson change?
I coach high school debate, and the trolley problem comes up at every tournament, usually as a gotcha: "so you'd push the fat man?" My students treat it as a puzzle with a trick answer. I'd like to teach it properly, which…
Started by Sam Ellery4 replies210 views -
Some films do philosophy that prose cannot, rather than illustrating it
I'm a psychoanalyst, and I'll argue a thesis my analytic friends here find indulgent: some films do philosophical work in their own right, work that can't be fully restated in prose. The sceptic's argument is simple. Whatever philosophical content a film has…
Started by Martín Roldán7 replies289 views