This is my philosophy blog.

It's updated sporadically. Part of it was on Substack, but then I moved it back here. Comments appreciated on posts, however old they may be!

Desire Satisfactionism Defended

Long ago I responded to some objections against desire satisfactionism that have been raised by Russ Shafer-Landau in The Fundamentals...

Sep 9, 2025

I love very spicy food. But my love of spicy food is kind of inexplicable, even to me. The burning feeling that you get from eating spicy...

Sep 9, 2025

This is my second post about Vulcans: creatures that value and pursue goals, but do not have any feelings of pleasure or displeasure. In...

Jun 20, 2023