Neil Sinhababu

Associate Professor of Philosophy, National University of Singapore ‡ neiladri at gmail dot com

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Halloween costume: Russia

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If you want to dress up as Russia this Halloween, all you need is a bear costume and a Donald Trump hand puppet.
Sunday, July 9, 2017

Doing metaethics like Judit Polgar

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Judit Polgar's swashbuckling chess style is sort of a philosophical inspiration to me. I watch more chess than I play, because I'd ...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Ingber on executive power creep

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Friends wondering why executive power continued to expand under Obama might appreciate this excellent paper from Rebecca Ingber . One reaso...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

"Nazi" and "Nacho" are distant cognates

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A few days ago Warren Tusk told me that the words "Nazi" and "Nacho" are very distant cognates. They come from German a...
Monday, May 22, 2017

I bought color vision glasses and I'm going to see green!

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I’m home with my family and the Enchroma color-vision-correction glasses have arrived! Tomorrow I’m going to put them on. I hope I get to ...
Monday, April 24, 2017

365 days, 114 talks

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I left Singapore for Hong Kong on April 24, 2016 for a talk at Lingnan University. Today on April 24, 2017, I’m on the bonnie banks of...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

North Sea Sunset

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On a ship from Amsterdam to Newcastle, I saw the sun set over the North Sea.
Thursday, April 13, 2017

Zagreb!

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Thanks to Matej Susnik for bringing me to Croatia! The Zagreb city center feels like the Slavic Europe of music videos, with stylish young ...
Thursday, April 6, 2017

Nuclear Option Silver Linings

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Republicans have unanimously voted to end Supreme Court filibusters and will confirm Neil Gorsuch. This was always the most likely outcome....
Thursday, March 30, 2017

Filibuster Gorsuch

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Of all Trump's nominees, Neil Gorsuch is the most important to block, as he could easily spend 30 years on the Supreme Court. I would...
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