Monthly Archives: March 2008

“Protecting the Consumer”

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Mitchell Gerskup

What role should government play in business? This question forms the heart of the heated economic debate that rages on in most developed nations on a day-to-day basis. As a self-labeled libertarian* (and other-labeled Conservative), I believe that business is … Continue reading →

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Questions

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Mitchell Gerskup

I was going to write a post about AlwaysQuestion, but then I realized it would just be too easy. Shooting fish in a barrel just starts to look cruel after a certain point. If you want, you can go read … Continue reading →

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Where’s My Silver Spoon?

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Mitchell Gerskup

“Accessible education is a right. Not a privilege of the upper class.” I could comment on this statement. There are plenty of arguments I could make for why education is not a right… but I am going to ignore all … Continue reading →

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Continuing the War on Reason

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Mitchell Gerskup

Another victim in the war on reason. This time, it was an 11-year-old girl who died, due to her parents’ belief that it was a lack of prayer, and not a lack of medical attention, that was causing their daughter … Continue reading →

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Happy Jesus Day

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Mitchell Gerskup

Jesus (and other saviors)

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To Hume Am I Speaking?

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Mitchell Gerskup

On The Nature of Causation and Identity Hume, in his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, tells us that our ideas originate in things that we observe or experience. All ideas can be simplified to the point where they can no longer … Continue reading →

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It’s Only Logical

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Mitchell Gerskup

Here are some biographies of logicians that I wrote for my philosophy course. They are mostly paraphrased from Wikipedia: Gottlob Frege Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege was a German mathematician, logician and philosopher who lived during the late 19th and early … Continue reading →

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Airplanes on Conveyor Belts

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Mitchell Gerskup

Can an airplane on a conveyor belt take off? Well… yes and no. The reason there has been so much heated debate on this topic is that the question itself is ambiguous. There are two common ways to interpret this … Continue reading →

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On Philosophers – Armchair or Otherwise

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Mitchell Gerskup

Recently my writings have been criticized, and my ‘credentials’ as a philosopher have been called into question. One of the more common accusations has been that my arguments couldn’t be right because I am not well read on the subjects … Continue reading →

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The Red Marxist Pickle*

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Mitchell Gerskup

This pickle is a satire of Marxism. The salty brine represents the tears of the oppressed workers as they thanklessly toil for their government as opposed to being paid fair market wages. The red color symbolizes the bloodshed and oppression … Continue reading →

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