I think this is absolutely correct, Trump is a bully who always backs down. The trick is to actually punish the things Trump cares about.

For example, I've seen calls for academics to boycott the US because of Trump. This is stupidly counterproductive: your punishing people he wants punished.

Scott Hill, Classical Theism and Universalism II: Reply to Rooney - PhilArchive I make four points about Rooney’s (2026) reply to Hill (2025). First, Rooney worries that universalists cannot ground the claim that necessarily God beatifies every creature He makes. I explain how .....

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Where does an ecosystem start and end? Our awesome colleague Colby Clark has the answer! Join us at 3:30 on Wednesday, December 3rd. Snacks will be provided.

A referee wanted me to talk about Benatar. So I added a figure with this caption. I worried that the copy editor would make me take it out. But to my delight they instead they asked why the other figures weren't captioned!

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Scott Hill, Hinduism, Leibniz, and Origin Essentialism - PhilPapers

My paper 'Hinduism, Leibniz, and Origin Essentialism' is forthcoming in the Journal of Indian Philosophy. A draft is available at PhilPapers.

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Scott Hill, Earthly Life is Not Pointless for Universalists - PhilPapers Some philosophers and theologians argue that if God will save everyone, then earthly life is pointless. No matter how good earthly life is, heaven would be far better. So there is ...

My paper 'Earthly Life is Not Pointless for Universalists' is forthcoming in Religious Studies. An unofficial, uncorrected draft is available at PhilPapers.

Classical theism and universalism - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion In Not a Hope in Hell, James Dominic Rooney argues that universalism, the view that necessarily God will save everyone, is inconsistent with classical theism. I show that Rooney’s argument is unsound....

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Why people who believe in God fear death Abstract. People who report believing in God fear death. They also experience grief when someone they love dies. Philosophers and social scientists sometim

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Scott Hill, Why People Who Believe in God Fear Death - PhilArchive People who report believing in God fear death. They also experience grief when someone they love dies. Philosophers and social scientists sometimes claim that this can only be plausibly explained by ....

Penultimate draft here: philarchive.org/rec/HILWPW

Why people who believe in God fear death Abstract. People who report believing in God fear death. They also experience grief when someone they love dies. Philosophers and social scientists sometim

My paper, 'Why People Who Believe in God Fear Death' is now online at Analysis. academic.oup.com/analysis/adv...

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The Personal Value of Conversations Across Serious Disagreement (guest post) - Daily Nous "I know that people are reluctant to voice objections to things I’ve said, not because I’ve given a convincing argument, but because I’m a person with a disability making claims about disability, and ...

“An under-discussed aspect of striving to have conversations across serious disagreement is the personal value they can bring... I think they make me a better philosopher” — Elizabeth Barnes explains why, at Daily Nous
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Scott Hill, Classical Theism and Universalism - PhilPapers In Not a Hope in Hell, James Dominic Rooney argues that universalism, the view that necessarily God will save everyone, is inconsistent with classical theism. I show that Rooney’s argument is ...

My paper 'Classical Theism and Universalism' is forthcoming in the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. An unofficial draft is available at PhilPapers. philpapers.org/rec/HILCTA-3...

Dear all,

Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers.

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I get that. Seems like it's made for people who want to tinker and craft.

Don't know which I prefer. But I gather that most people like totk better.

Why not one boxing? Why not totk?

I can't believe some people are happy that this man is our president. As the tattoo on his forehead clearly shows, he is a member of the MS-13 gang.

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Thanks kind of you not to post it.

I'm dying to know if you were reading a particular paper that sparked this observation and if so what paper it was.

The Blazing World (1666) by Margaret Cavendish YouTube video by Helen De Cruz

I made a 10-minute, richly illustrated summary of Margaret Cavendish's Blazing-World (1666), a very early (some say earliest) Science Fiction novel. Please have a look and share if you like it!

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Lady Li: Death and the maiden Lady Li was a daughter of the border guard of Ai. When she was first captured and brought to Qin, she wept until tears drenched her collar. But when she got to the palace, sharing the king’s luxurious...

New post (it's been a while) on Lady Li (Zhuangzi) and the badness of death

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Strawsonian Hard Determinism - Volume 121, Issue 12, December 2024 Strawsonian accounts of moral responsibility are widely associated with opposition to hard determinism. However, it is only a historical accident that these views are bundled together. I show that Str...

#newarticle "Strawsonian Hard Determinism" by Scott Hill

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Particularism and the Conventional Wisdom Revisited, Scott Hill I thank Kurtis Hagen for his reply (2025). It is valuable for people with very different perspectives like us to candidly lay out our disagreements. While Hagen makes several points that merit engagement, I focus here on Hagen’s defense of Charles Pigden’s diagnosis of the Blair example and Hagen’s argument that I have not met Pigden’s (2007) challenge. ... .

Particularism and the Conventional Wisdom Revisited, Scott Hill

I thank Kurtis Hagen for his reply (2025). It is valuable for people with very different perspectives like us to candidly lay out our disagreements. While Hagen makes several points that merit engagement, I focus here on Hagen’s…

What did you do on New Years Eve 1999?