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296on synchronicity, the Fermi Paradox, the Turing Test, and more.
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501Smith makes his case against V-ism by appeals to (i) plant sentience, and (ii) the Transitivity of Eating principle [by which V-ans eat animals, since plants feed on decomposed animals]. By (i), V-ans are inconsistent in their prohibitions; by (ii) V-ism is impossible. But, I argue, Smith and his beloved omnivore animists face similar pressures, insofar as they prohibit cannibalism.
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309marginal notes on Jung, Sartre, Valéry, Tolkien, Borges, and more; with woven-in autobiography.
University of Toronto, St. George Campus
PhD, 2003
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Areas of Specialization
Revelation |
Animal Ethics |
Afterlife |