14771756_19-55_14771756_19-55 Number 55 Volume 19 Summer 2020 ISSN: 1477–1756 Think Philosophy for everyone A Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy Edited by Stephen Law 55 N um ber 55 Volum e 19 Sum m er 2020 Think Number 55 Volume 19 Summer 2020 Included in this issue: 5 Introduction STEPHEN LAW 11 Ontological Arguments GRAHAM OPPY 23 Dreams of Utopia: On the Absence of Place JULIAN BAGGINI 33 Sex and Sexual Assault in the #Metoo Era BENJAMIN H. ARBOUR 55 If We Should Not Eat Meat on Grounds of Climate Change, Should We Have Children? ADRIAN BROCKLESS 65 Truth and the Goldilocks Principle JOHN CAPPS 75 Mixed Emotions in Life and Art: On Hume’s Direct Passions ANGELA M. 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Carnegie Mellon University, on 06 Apr 2021 at 00:56:16, subject to the https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477175620000147 https://www.cambridge.org/core Think Philosophy for everyone Number 55 † Summer 2020 A Journal of The Royal Institute of Philosophy Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477175620000147 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Carnegie Mellon University, on 06 Apr 2021 at 00:56:16, subject to the https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477175620000147 https://www.cambridge.org/core Contents INTRODUCTION 5 Stephen Law ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS 11 Graham Oppy DREAMS OF UTOPIA: ON THE ABSENCE OF PLACE 23 Julian Baggini SEX AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE #METOO ERA 33 Benjamin H. Arbour IF WE SHOULD NOT EAT MEAT ON GROUNDS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SHOULD WE HAVE CHILDREN? 55 Adrian Brockless TRUTH AND THE GOLDILOCKS PRINCIPLE 65 John Capps MIXED EMOTIONS IN LIFE AND ART: ON HUME’S DIRECT PASSIONS 75 Angela M. Coventry THE EMPATHY MACHINE: A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT 85 Douglas Groothuis BUDDHA AND HARD ELIMINATIVISM 95 O’Ryan Heideman PHILOSONNETS 111 Stephen Kearns WORDS AND MEANINGS: LOCKE’S AND LEWIS CARROLL’S VIEWS ON THE NATURE OF MEANING CONVERGE AND DIVERGE 119 Terrence Moore Th in k Su m m e r 2 0 2 0 † 3 Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477175620000147 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Carnegie Mellon University, on 06 Apr 2021 at 00:56:16, subject to the https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477175620000147 https://www.cambridge.org/core POLO MINTS: GATEWAY TO EXISTENTIAL ENLIGHTENMENT – PHILOSOPHY OF ORDINARY THINGS 135 Anton Sukhoverkhov and Mark Pharoah ERRATUM 139 Th in k Su m m e r 2 0 2 0 † 4 Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477175620000147 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Carnegie Mellon University, on 06 Apr 2021 at 00:56:16, subject to the https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477175620000147 https://www.cambridge.org/core OFC.pdf IFC.pdf THI_19_55_TitlePage.pdf THI_19_55_Contents.pdf