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Journal of Controversial Ideas

(ISSN: 2694-5991) Open Access Journal
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Editorial
Editorial
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 21; doi: 10.35995/jci04020021
Received: 23 Oct 2024 / Accepted: 23 Oct 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
Editorial
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(2), 7; doi: 10.35995/jci02020007
Received: 24 Oct 2022 / Accepted: 25 Oct 2022 / Published: 31 Oct 2022
The Uphill Battle of Unpopular Ideas
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(2), 1; doi: 10.35995/jci02020001
Received: 20 Aug 2022 / Accepted: 1 Oct 2022 / Published: 31 Oct 2022
Editorial
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 1; doi: 10.35995/jci02010001
Received: 27 Apr 2022 / Accepted: 27 Apr 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
Editorial
Controversial Ideas 2021, 1(1), 11; doi: 10.35995/jci01010011
Received: 18 Apr 2021 / Accepted: 21 Apr 2021 / Published: 25 Apr 2021
Research
Feminist Separatism Revisited
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(2), 6; doi: 10.35995/jci03020006
Received: 23 Nov 2022 / Accepted: 12 Oct 2023 / Published: 31 Oct 2023
Why Shouldn’t Race Be a Costume?―A (Qualified) Defense of Wearing Cross-Racial Make-Up During Halloween
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(1), 6; doi: 10.35995/jci03010006
Received: 11 Jan 2022 / Accepted: 30 Mar 2023 / Published: 28 Apr 2023
Sex Categories in Healthcare Contexts―A Consequentialist Analysis1
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(1), 3; doi: 10.35995/jci03010003
Received: 3 Oct 2021 / Accepted: 26 Mar 2023 / Published: 28 Apr 2023
Politics Aside, Healthcare Considerations Motivate More Caution before Medical Intervention for Trans-Identifying Youth
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(1), 10; doi: 10.35995/jci03010010
Received: 23 Aug 2022 / Accepted: 24 Apr 2023 / Published: 28 Apr 2023
In Defense of Merit in Science
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(1), 1; doi: 10.35995/jci03010001
Received: 26 Sep 2022 / Accepted: 16 Feb 2023 / Published: 28 Apr 2023
The Word That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(2), 2; doi: 10.35995/jci03020002
Received: 8 Jul 2023 / Accepted: 2 Sep 2023 / Published: 31 Oct 2023
Identity, Representation and the Canon in Classical Music
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(2), 4; doi: 10.35995/jci03020004
Received: 21 May 2022 / Accepted: 26 Jul 2023 / Published: 31 Oct 2023
Pronoun Problems1
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(1), 5; doi: 10.35995/jci03010005
Received: 7 Oct 2022 / Accepted: 4 Apr 2023 / Published: 28 Apr 2023
Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(2), 5; doi: 10.35995/jci03020005
Received: 23 Mar 2023 / Accepted: 24 Sep 2023 / Published: 31 Oct 2023
The Study of California’s Past is Dead and Reburied
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 17; doi: 10.35995/jci04020017
Received: 9 Aug 2024 / Accepted: 8 Oct 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
Sex and Sexual Orientation, Gender and Sexual Preference
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(2), 3; doi: 10.35995/jci03020003
Received: 25 Nov 2022 / Accepted: 24 Sep 2023 / Published: 31 Oct 2023
Could 19th-Century Authors Have Noticed Bergmann’s “Rule” in Humans?
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 18; doi: 10.35995/jci04020018
Received: 10 Jan 2024 / Accepted: 2 Oct 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
“White Empiricism” and “The Racialization of Epistemology in Physics”: A Critical Analysis*
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(2), 1; doi: 10.35995/jci03020001
Received: 1 Mar 2023 / Accepted: 27 Jun 2023 / Published: 31 Oct 2023
Trapped in the Trans Experience: What Mary Couldn’t Know
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 16; doi: 10.35995/jci04020016
Received: 19 Aug 2023 / Accepted: 19 Sep 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
The Diversity Argument for Affirmative Action in Medical School: A Critique
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(1), 1; doi: 10.35995/jci04010001
Received: 9 May 2023 / Accepted: 21 Jan 2024 / Published: 29 Apr 2024
Intelligence of Refugees in Germany: Levels, Differences and Possible Determinants
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 20; doi: 10.35995/jci04020020
Received: 8 Sep 2021 / Accepted: 15 Mar 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
What If Perceived Discrimination in Medicine Isn’t the Same as Real Discrimination?
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(1), 4; doi: 10.35995/jci04010004
Received: 31 May 2023 / Accepted: 21 Jan 2024 / Published: 29 Apr 2024
Ashley on Gender Identity1
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(1), 2; doi: 10.35995/jci04010002
Received: 28 Sep 2023 / Accepted: 9 Apr 2024 / Published: 29 Apr 2024
Islamist Extremism in Australia: Tracing the Ideological Roots and Pathways to Radicalisation
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(1), 3; doi: 10.35995/jci04010003
Received: 18 Oct 2022 / Accepted: 5 Apr 2024 / Published: 29 Apr 2024
Anti-Natalism and the Asymmetry
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(1), 5; doi: 10.35995/jci04010005
Received: 11 Aug 2023 / Accepted: 30 Mar 2024 / Published: 29 Apr 2024
The Ethics of No Platforming: Defending the Defense of Immoral Ideas on University Campuses
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 12; doi: 10.35995/jci04020012
Received: 2 Feb 2024 / Accepted: 6 Jul 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
Liberal Education and the Left in Britain
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 10; doi: 10.35995/jci04020010
Received: 23 Oct 2023 / Accepted: 8 Aug 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
Enlightened Tribalism
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 9; doi: 10.35995/jci04020009
Received: 3 Sep 2023 / Accepted: 4 Jul 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
Holocaust Perpetrators and Unjust Combatants
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 8; doi: 10.35995/jci04020008
Received: 1 Jan 2024 / Accepted: 6 Aug 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
Is Clinical Psychological Science Infected by Racism and White Supremacy?
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 13; doi: 10.35995/jci04020013
Received: 27 Jun 2024 / Accepted: 19 Sep 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
The Female of the Species: Reply to Heartsilver
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 11; doi: 10.35995/jci02010011
Received: 25 Jul 2021 / Accepted: 29 Mar 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
Cognitive Creationism Compared to Young-Earth Creationism
Controversial Ideas 2021, 1(1), 3; doi: 10.35995/jci01010003
Received: 19 May 2020 / Accepted: 14 Sep 2020 / Published: 25 Apr 2021
Ultimate Meaning: We Don’t Have It, We Can’t Get It, and We Should Be Very, Very Sad
Controversial Ideas 2021, 1(1), 4; doi: 10.35995/jci01010004
Received: 28 May 2020 / Accepted: 21 Oct 2020 / Published: 25 Apr 2021
The Epistemology of No Platforming: Defending the Defense of Stupid Ideas on University Campuses
Controversial Ideas 2021, 1(1), 6; doi: 10.35995/jci01010006
Received: 18 Sep 2020 / Accepted: 21 Mar 2021 / Published: 25 Apr 2021
Who Cares? ―The COVID-19 Pandemic, Global Heating and the Future of Humanity1
Controversial Ideas 2021, 1(1), 1; doi: 10.35995/jci01010001
Received: 27 Apr 2020 / Accepted: 11 Dec 2020 / Published: 25 Apr 2021
A Puzzle about Self-Sacrificing Altruism
Controversial Ideas 2021, 1(1), 7; doi: 10.35995/jci01010007
Received: 25 Sep 2020 / Accepted: 7 Mar 2021 / Published: 25 Apr 2021
Gender Muddle: Reply to Dembroff
Controversial Ideas 2021, 1(1); doi: 10.35995/jci01010005
Received: 15 Sep 2020 / Accepted: 7 Mar 2021 / Published: 25 Apr 2021
In Defense of Direct Action
Controversial Ideas 2021, 1(1), 2; doi: 10.35995/jci01010002
Received: 6 May 2020 / Accepted: 31 Mar 2021 / Published: 25 Apr 2021
Black Pete, King Balthasar, and the New Orleans Zulus: Can Black Make-Up Traditions Ever Be Justified?
Controversial Ideas 2021, 1(1), 8; doi: 10.35995/jci01010008
Received: 21 Oct 2020 / Accepted: 25 Mar 2021 / Published: 25 Apr 2021
Punishment and the Body
Controversial Ideas 2021, 1(1), 10; doi: 10.35995/jci01010010
Received: 23 Feb 2021 / Accepted: 21 Mar 2021 / Published: 25 Apr 2021
A Quandary of Wokeness
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 10; doi: 10.35995/jci02010010
Received: 16 Jun 2021 / Accepted: 31 Jan 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
Figleaves Right and Left: A Case-Study of Viewpoint Diversity Applied to the Philosophy of Language
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 7; doi: 10.35995/jci02010007
Received: 3 Jun 2021 / Accepted: 13 Mar 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
Alarm about Childhood Vaccinations: A Persistent Panic?
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 6; doi: 10.35995/jci02010006
Received: 7 May 2021 / Accepted: 8 Mar 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
The Fatal Conceit: Swedish Education after Nazism
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 9; doi: 10.35995/jci02010009
Received: 16 Jun 2021 / Accepted: 31 Jan 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
Philosophical Reflections on “the Filthiest, Dirtiest, Nastiest Word in the English Language”1
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 4; doi: 10.35995/jci0201004
Received: 19 Jul 2021 / Accepted: 25 Feb 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
Discounting Females, Denying Sex, and Disregarding Dangers from Self-ID—A Reply and a Defense of Open Debate
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 15; doi: 10.35995/jci02010015
Received: 3 Aug 2021 / Accepted: 26 Feb 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
The Perversion of Virtue―Causes and Consequences of Threats to Academic Freedom in the Contemporary University
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(1), 9; doi: 10.35995/jci03010009
Received: 7 May 2022 / Accepted: 30 Mar 2023 / Published: 28 Apr 2023
“Men” and “Women” in Everyday English
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 5; doi: 10.35995/jci02010005
Received: 25 Nov 2021 / Accepted: 11 Apr 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 3; doi: 10.35995/jci02010003
Received: 28 May 2021 / Accepted: 4 Apr 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
Queer Theory and the Transition from Sex to Gender in English Prisons
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 2; doi: 10.35995/jci02010002
Received: 23 Jul 2021 / Accepted: 6 Mar 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
Saudi Universities Rapid Escalation in Academic Ranking Systems: Implications and Challenges
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 8; doi: 10.35995/jci02010008
Received: 9 Nov 2021 / Accepted: 15 Apr 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
Replies to Critics
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 14; doi: 10.35995/jci02010014
Received: 15 Mar 2022 / Accepted: 15 Mar 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
The Limits of Identity: Running Tuvel’s Argument the Other Way
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(2), 5; doi: 10.35995/jci02020005
Received: 29 May 2022 / Accepted: 7 Oct 2022 / Published: 31 Oct 2022
The Meat Eater Problem
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(2), 2; doi: 10.35995/jci02020002
Received: 18 Feb 2021 / Accepted: 9 Sep 2022 / Published: 31 Oct 2022
Will Moralization of Science Lead to “Better” Science?
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(2), 4; doi: 10.35995/jci02020004
Received: 29 May 2021 / Accepted: 5 Jul 2022 / Published: 31 Oct 2022
The Afterlife Dilemma: A Problem for the Christian Pro-Life Movement
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(2), 3; doi: 10.35995/jci02020003
Received: 10 Jul 2021 / Accepted: 15 Sep 2022 / Published: 31 Oct 2022
Who Is a Woman: Sex, Gender and Policy Making
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(2), 6; doi: 10.35995/jci02020006
Received: 7 Jul 2021 / Accepted: 11 Jul 2022 / Published: 31 Oct 2022
Against the Harm Argument for Censorship: On the Abuse of Psychology and the Dismissal of Rights
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(1), 4; doi: 10.35995/jci03010004
Received: 15 Jan 2022 / Accepted: 8 Feb 2023 / Published: 28 Apr 2023
Fitness-to-Practise: How UK Healthcare Regulators Cause Practitioner Deaths
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(1), 7; doi: 10.35995/jci03010007
Received: 11 May 2021 / Accepted: 21 Feb 2023 / Published: 28 Apr 2023
Deflating Byrne’s “Are Women Adult Human Females?”
Controversial Ideas 2021, 1(1), 9; doi: 10.35995/jci01010009
Received: 8 Feb 2021 / Accepted: 6 Mar 2021 / Published: 25 Apr 2021
Of Racist Philosophers and Ravens
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(1), 2; doi: 10.35995/jci03010002
Received: 17 Feb 2023 / Accepted: 3 Apr 2023 / Published: 28 Apr 2023
Non-Consensual Vaccination and Medical Harassment: Giving Vaccine Refusers Their Due1
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(1), 8; doi: 10.35995/jci03010008
Received: 7 Nov 2021 / Accepted: 14 Mar 2023 / Published: 28 Apr 2023
Other
The Dating Dupe―The Limits of Biosocially Unfriendly Sociology
Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(2), 7; doi: 10.35995/jci03020007
Received: 20 Aug 2021 / Accepted: 6 Aug 2023 / Published: 31 Oct 2023
On What Matters for Obligations to Refugees
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 19; doi: 10.35995/jci04020019
Received: 21 Oct 2024 / Accepted: 22 Oct 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
Controversy Requires Competence: Comment on Rindermann et al. (2024)
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 15; doi: 10.35995/jci04020015
Received: 18 Apr 2024 / Accepted: 6 Aug 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
Thou Shalt Not Create; But If Thou Dost, Thou Shalt Kill? A Comment on Belshaw
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(1), 6; doi: 10.35995/jci04010006
Received: 19 Apr 2024 / Accepted: 20 Apr 2024 / Published: 29 Apr 2024
A Response to McMahan
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(1), 7; doi: 10.35995/jci04010007
Received: 24 Apr 2024 / Accepted: 25 Apr 2024 / Published: 29 Apr 2024
Obesity, Stigma, and Responsibility: Should the Concept of Agency be Abandoned?
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 11; doi: 10.35995/jci04020011
Received: 6 Jul 2023 / Accepted: 6 Aug 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
Don’t Worry, Be Happy: The Gettability of Ultimate Meaning
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 12; doi: 10.35995/jci02010012
Received: 22 Oct 2021 / Accepted: 7 Mar 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022
Intelligence and Immigration
Controversial Ideas 2024, 4(2), 14; doi: 10.35995/jci04020014
Received: 3 Jul 2024 / Accepted: 15 Aug 2024 / Published: 30 Oct 2024
Life Is Pointless—Good Point...and How Do You Feel about That?
Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 13; doi: 10.35995/jci02010013
Received: 23 May 2021 / Accepted: 24 Feb 2022 / Published: 29 Apr 2022