philosophy - Quillette

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

Against Authenticity

To be human is to be artificial.

Bo Winegard

8 Sep 2022 · 6 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