Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Are college professors, lawyers, political pollsters, or opera singers examples of productive or unproductive labour? Does this distinction even make sense? See, for example, this short lecture by the imitable Tyler Cowen explaining Adam Smith’s classic distinction, via Marginal Revolution … Continue reading →

That is the title of this beautiful homage to the great Martin Gardner by Rebecca DeLee (Liberty University). See also this brief biography titled “A Mind for the Masses“, according to which “Gardner never took a college math course yet … Continue reading →

I know of only two such instances in my field (law): my colleagues Brian Frye and Maybell Romero co-authored “The Right to Unmarry: A Proposal” and, pictured below, my wife and former student(!) Sydjia Robinson and yours truly co-authored a … Continue reading →

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati As a follow up to my previous post in honor of the memory of Thomas Konda, I am sharing the Wikipedia link for the entry for “Illuminati” as well as one of my favorite excerpts from this entry, linking … Continue reading →

I just learned that Thomas Milan Konda died on 29 January 2022 at the age of 74. (Here is his obituary.) Among other things, Professor Konda was the author of Conspiracies of Conspiracies: How Delusions Have Overrun America (University of … Continue reading →

Today (11/11) is Veterans Day 🇺🇸

I watched this mesmerizing film earlier this semester as part of my sabbatical studies on the philosophy of tragedy and the human order. Hat tip: Dr Scott Rubarth

That is the title of this 2007 presidential address of the 53rd annual meeting of the Florida Philosophical Association by David McNaughton (pictured below), now a retired academic. In brief, for Professor McNaughton, bad writing or what he calls “Oxford … Continue reading →

That is the title of this intriguing open-access paper, sans question mark, by Peter Königs (pictured below), a ‘Junior Professor’ at TU Dortmund University working on topics in the ethics of technology, political philosophy, and moral psychology. Hat tip: the … Continue reading →