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I assume she's going to go stand in an agora and debate all comers or something once she's got the doctorate, so I'm helping her get ready. (She's home on spring break.) This is the important philosophical question which I posed to the philosopher:
She says #2, because the poison cookie fulfills its essential cookie goal of making you eat it, and is therefore fully realized as a cookie. I say #3, because the Platonic ideal of the cookie is something that should be both appetizing and life-sustaining, and #3 fails at both.
She thinks the poison part's just irrelevant because it's not part of the essential cookieness of the cookie - "has poison/doesn't have poison" is not a relevant condition. Now, I think deadly poison's always pretty relevant! I mean, there aren't many situations in life where you're going to go, "deadly poison, or no deadly poison? Ehhh - doesn't really matter." When that question comes up, you generally do want a yes or no answer.
I also think she ought to write her senior thesis about the implications of the possibility of P. Diddy waking up in the morning feeling like Ke$ha. She doesn't think it's really a fruitful line of philosophical enquiry.
Poll #6367 What is the worst cookie in the world?
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 25
What is the worst cookie in the world?
View Answers
A cookie containing deadly poison.
7 (28.0%)
A cookie so unappetizing that no one would ever want to eat it.
3 (12.0%)
A cookie combining both traits.
15 (60.0%)
Some other answer.
0 (0.0%)
She says #2, because the poison cookie fulfills its essential cookie goal of making you eat it, and is therefore fully realized as a cookie. I say #3, because the Platonic ideal of the cookie is something that should be both appetizing and life-sustaining, and #3 fails at both.
She thinks the poison part's just irrelevant because it's not part of the essential cookieness of the cookie - "has poison/doesn't have poison" is not a relevant condition. Now, I think deadly poison's always pretty relevant! I mean, there aren't many situations in life where you're going to go, "deadly poison, or no deadly poison? Ehhh - doesn't really matter." When that question comes up, you generally do want a yes or no answer.
I also think she ought to write her senior thesis about the implications of the possibility of P. Diddy waking up in the morning feeling like Ke$ha. She doesn't think it's really a fruitful line of philosophical enquiry.
