Religious Permanence
The human brain evolved to be religious, but religion also evolved to appeal to the human brain.
Bo Winegard
· 10 min read
philosophy
A collection of 96 posts
The Problems with Longtermism
The further we look into the future, the less certain we can be about our predictions and plans.
Matt Johnson
· 13 min read
Rethinking Authenticity
It is not a destination. It’s our ongoing life’s work as responsible adults.
Niamh Jiménez
· 20 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
· 24 min read
Against Authenticity
To be human is to be artificial.
Bo Winegard
· 7 min read
Fate, Faith, and Suffering
Coping is not enough. We must strive to live.
Samuel Kronen
· 27 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
· 9 min read
The Rationalism and Romanticism of John Stuart Mill
Two strands of Mill's philosophy were profoundly in conflict.
Laurie Wastell
· 10 min read
Do Animals Have Rights?—A Roundtable
Editor's note: Quillette asked three scholars to reflect on the debate about animal rights. If you would like to contribute to this discussion, please send a response of ~800 words to [email protected]. I. Animals have rights Bo Winegard is an essayist and holds a PhD in
Bo Winegard, Nathanial Bork, and Jake Scott
· 18 min read
Curtis Yarvin: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
At the center of neoreactionary thinking is a cluster of unworkable ideas.
Max Borders
· 15 min read
Is Moral Expertise Possible? Four Responses
As long as there have been philosophers, there has been thinking about morality.
Quillette
· 13 min read
Is Moral Expertise Possible?—A Roundtable
Is moral expertise really a thing—normatively, theoretically, or metaphysically? All three major Western schools of moral philosophy seem to think so, including virtue ethics, deontology, and consequentialism.
The Limits of Narrative
Societal crises of self-confidence can result from distorted and oversimplified narratives.
James Jeffrey
· 8 min read
Imagine There’s No Svarga: Rediscovering Cārvāka, India’s 2,700-Year-Old Atheistic Tradition
The Cārvākas considered only matter—that which could be sensed—to be real.
Kushal Mehra
· 8 min read
Problems with Mill’s Masterpiece
The condition of human life is such that we must of necessity be restrained and compelled by circumstances in nearly every action of our lives. Why, then, is liberty, defined as Mr. Mill defines it, to be regarded as so precious? ~James Fitzjames Stephen Of all the works written in
Bo Winegard
· 18 min read