AnalPhilosopher

What is an ideology? See here for Dr Bill Vallicella's definition. By the way, those of you who have been around for a while know that my communal blog, The Conservative Philosopher, is down to three members. There were almost 20 at one point. Of those, only about a dozen had posted anything. The others told me when they joined that they might not post very often, and they were right. The blog began to fall apart when I disabled the comment function. We were getting scurrilous comments from readers, including one who was studying philosophy at The University of Arkansas. At the time, I had no way to control them. Since I was the blog's founder and administrator, I made the decision. Several blog members thought this was imperious and left in a huff. I was, and am, glad to be rid of them. At least one of them should never have been on the blog in the first place, since he lacked the proper credentials, and a couple of others (someone named Burton, someone named Ryan, and another named Schechter or Schachter) were nobodies in the profession. (I honestly hadn't heard of them before they asked to join, and once they began posting, I knew why they were unknown.) Recently, I removed the names of several members who hadn't posted, including John Kekes and Roger Scruton. They said they wanted to stay on, but they weren't posting, so what's the point? A blog is a weblog, which implies a certain regularity of posting. The three remaining members—Bill Vallicella, Ed Feser, and I—post on a regular basis. Bill and Ed are serious and professional. I always learn from their posts. I hope you do, too.