Left is Not Woke: An Interview with Susan Neiman In undermining universalism and moral progress, "wokeism" is inherently reactionary. Maarten Boudry 28 May 2023 · 13 min read
The Sanctification of the Self The focus on the self to the exclusion of everything else is undermining the rule of law. Megan Wildhood 21 Apr 2023 · 8 min read
Heidegger’s Downfall Richard Wolin’s reappraisal of Martin Heidegger offers both original contributions and a synthesis of critical scholarship. The result is a timely work of enduring importance. Jeffrey Herf 22 Feb 2023 · 18 min read
Aristotle (and the Stoics): An Interview with John Sellars A new book by John Sellars explores the life’s work and extraordinary legacy of the man he has provocatively called “the single most important human being ever to have lived.” Riley Moore 19 Feb 2023 · 19 min read
On Conservative Socialism Far from being a phantom in the imaginations of a handful of writers and scholars, conservative socialism is a real phenomenon. Seamus Flaherty 27 Dec 2022 · 16 min read
Brute Physical Facts and Social Construction The progressive and the traditionalist are equally detached from the underlying reality as currently described by science. Vinod Goel 6 Dec 2022 · 11 min read
Ending Discrimination by Twitter Gender critical feminists are among those who have been excluded from Twitter for years. The time is right for a correction. Holly Lawford-Smith 28 Nov 2022 · 8 min read
Religious Permanence The human brain evolved to be religious, but religion also evolved to appeal to the human brain. Bo Winegard 18 Nov 2022 · 10 min read
The Problems with Longtermism The further we look into the future, the less certain we can be about our predictions and plans. Matt Johnson 27 Oct 2022 · 12 min read
Rethinking Authenticity It is not a destination. It’s our ongoing life’s work as responsible adults. Niamh Jiménez 21 Oct 2022 · 19 min read
Robert Trivers and the Riddle of Evolved Altruism Survival of the fittest versus compassion and cooperation in evolutionary theory and politics. Daniel Kriegman 7 Oct 2022 · 24 min read
Fate, Faith, and Suffering Coping is not enough. We must strive to live. Samuel Kronen 5 Sep 2022 · 26 min read
The Emptiness of Constructivist Teaching In teaching students that all knowledge is constructed through their own interactions, we fail to give them satisfying answers about the world and its meaning. Patricia Rice Doran 29 Jun 2022 · 8 min read
The Rationalism and Romanticism of John Stuart Mill Two strands of Mill's philosophy were profoundly in conflict. Laurie Wastell 22 Jun 2022 · 10 min read