Comments on: Three Unexpected Recommendations in Philosophy

By: Richard Carrier

Richard Carrier — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:45:18 +0000

In reply to Greg Helmen. According to their FAQ, that does work. They even mention the re-adding items again move as a use-case.

By: Greg Helmen

Greg Helmen — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:46:28 +0000

In reply to Richard Carrier. That's kind of what I thought. To try and stay on the safe side what I've been doing, when I'm actually ready to make a purchase, is to make note of what's in my shopping cart, delete it all then log back in through your website. Then I add everything back into the shopping cart including any new additions and make the purchase. I think that would work, but I was hoping I might be able to eliminate the "delete and add back" steps.

By: Richard Carrier

Richard Carrier — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:03:20 +0000

In reply to Greg Helmen. Good question. The FAQs are fuzzy on this (but you can read what they say). I think the answer is no. I only get commission on items added in the 24-hour window after following my link (while the other items already in your cart are exempted). But if you do that and then wait up to 90 days before closing the cart, I get the commission on what you added in that original 24 hour window (but not later items added, or earlier, unless those were also added within 24 hours after following one of my affiliate links).

By: Greg Helmen

Greg Helmen — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:38:14 +0000

Richard, I have a logistical question: If I drop a few items into my Amazon shopping cart from time to time over the course of a week or two, but without finalizing their purchase, then at some point I log in through a link on your website, add a couple of items and then check out purchasing everything in my shopping cart, do you receive a commission on everything I just purchased including the items that have been parked there for any indeterminate length of time, or only on the items I just now added to the shopping cart?

By: Richard Carrier

Richard Carrier — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:58:45 +0000

In reply to Jared A. Report back here your own thoughts as you finish each.

By: Jared A

Jared A — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:18:56 +0000

Wow, Richard! You’ve convinced me to buy every book on this list when I get home today. Admittedly, that’s partly in fear of shipping costs rising further, but mostly I’m just excited to get my hands on these bad boys and start reading as soon as possible

By: Richard Carrier

Richard Carrier — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:50:37 +0000

In reply to Jen C.

Yay!

Let’s hope it remains stable.

This really should be a native feature of WordPress. I shouldn’t have to hack it like this. But alas. So far so good.

By: Jen C

Jen C — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:38:39 +0000

In reply to Jen C. Hi Dr. Carrier, this posted immediately so you seem to have fixed the whitelist issue.

By: Jen C

Jen C — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:38:02 +0000

Given that the human eye is frequently cited by creationists as a “gee whiz a god must have done that because I don’t know how vision works or evolved” argument from ignorance, this book can serve multiple purposes. As someone who considered a career in neuroscience, I find the science of perception fascinating. So I will look for a copy, thanks!

Also, this is a test comment for the whitelist.

By: Frans

Frans — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:43:55 +0000

Vision Science sounds interesting. From the summary I think I’m familiar with most of that, but my focus has been primarily on its language equivalents.

(A somewhat useless comment to test the whitelist.)