David Hunter
@dhunterto.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson). I paddle my own canoe. To find my publications, visit PhilPeople. https://philpeople.org/profiles/david-hunter
Present-Burge could learn from past-Burge.
August 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Present-Burge could learn from past-Burge.
My book on moral psychology and goodness of a kind is in production. Here are cover designs. Anybody have a favorite?
June 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My book on moral psychology and goodness of a kind is in production. Here are cover designs. Anybody have a favorite?
If foreign countries eat the cost of tariffs how will tariffs encourage US factory construction? Why can’t the NYTimes point out the stupidity of Leavitt’s nonsense.
May 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If foreign countries eat the cost of tariffs how will tariffs encourage US factory construction? Why can’t the NYTimes point out the stupidity of Leavitt’s nonsense.
If only Davidson had solved the problem of wayward causal chains! I guess we can never know if Trump is corrupt.
May 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If only Davidson had solved the problem of wayward causal chains! I guess we can never know if Trump is corrupt.
Interesting. I had in mind this exchange with the plaintiff’s lawyers. Telling kids what biology says about evolution is coercive. And Alito’s suggestion that it is also coercive merely to tell children that same-sex people do in fact love and marry each other. But I’ll wait for the actual ruling.
April 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Interesting. I had in mind this exchange with the plaintiff’s lawyers. Telling kids what biology says about evolution is coercive. And Alito’s suggestion that it is also coercive merely to tell children that same-sex people do in fact love and marry each other. But I’ll wait for the actual ruling.
This from @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy today. All I can say is thank God it is Friday.
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This from @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy today. All I can say is thank God it is Friday.
I asked Siri what’s wrong with Trump. Seriously.
April 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I asked Siri what’s wrong with Trump. Seriously.
Senators Collins and Murkowski must be so proud.
March 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Senators Collins and Murkowski must be so proud.
I don’t get why people with the power of a platform are afraid to call out Trump’s obvious corruption. He’s a criminal, not a political theorist.
March 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I don’t get why people with the power of a platform are afraid to call out Trump’s obvious corruption. He’s a criminal, not a political theorist.
Canada stands with Idaho teachers.
March 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Canada stands with Idaho teachers.
Toronto cars are the worst. Two streetcars blocked. @torontopolice.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Toronto cars are the worst. Two streetcars blocked. @torontopolice.bsky.social
Is this the new Trumpian use of ‘month’?
February 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Is this the new Trumpian use of ‘month’?
Whoa! Six calls. Over a few days! I didn’t realise billionaires had it so rough.
January 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Whoa! Six calls. Over a few days! I didn’t realise billionaires had it so rough.
Chaos and Control are opposites. If only the NYTimes had watched Get Smart.
January 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Chaos and Control are opposites. If only the NYTimes had watched Get Smart.
This misleadingly suggests the US military is now weaker than it was. The NYTimes should hire a fact checker. Or an editor.
January 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This misleadingly suggests the US military is now weaker than it was. The NYTimes should hire a fact checker. Or an editor.
This reminds me of those photos of white people laughing at a lynching. We need to know their names. So we can tell their grandchildren.
January 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This reminds me of those photos of white people laughing at a lynching. We need to know their names. So we can tell their grandchildren.
As the tyrant approaches, we have begun the stone soup.
January 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
As the tyrant approaches, we have begun the stone soup.
Why can’t the NYTimes say that Trump expressed “shocking ignorance and confusion about the fires’ causes”?
January 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Why can’t the NYTimes say that Trump expressed “shocking ignorance and confusion about the fires’ causes”?