Tom Morris



2008.05.22

  No. 813 

Tobacco company Phillip Morris is negotiating a research contract with Virginia Commonwealth University that would not allow it to publish negative research about the company or it's products. Look forward to new reports from the university entitled things like "Why Smoking Is Good For You: An Interview With Troy McClure". Fortunately, philosophers don't often get bribed by large corporate interests, although they do sometimes become apologists for the Catholic Church and other political parties. 2008-05-22T13:21:08ZUntitled entry permalink

The New York Times reports that there are fewer conflicts involving child soldiers. That's some good news in this dark world. 2008-05-22T13:13:07ZUntitled entry permalink

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I am a , an , like to code in and (and Java, but let’s not talk about that), and noodle about with and the .

I have an MA in philosophy from Heythrop College, University of London. My philosophical interests are in analytic metaphysics, ontology, modality, the work of , , , and . I have a strange, unfulfilled interest in . I’ve been influenced by Gadamer, by , , and .

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