Splendid Triviality: Philosophy, Art, and Sport in a Time of Crisis
They are necessary because without them none of the things that are noble can flourish.
Craig Clifford
· 9 min read
Philosophy
A collection of 233 posts
Bunker Boy: Preparing for Apocalypse Since 1979
The film gave me nightmares and panic attacks. I did what I could with such difficult information.
Ewan Morrison
· 12 min read
Remembering Karl Popper
The concept of an open society embodied a present reality that Karl Popper feared could be lost.
David Cohen
· 12 min read
Scott Alexander, Philosopher King of the Weird People
Rationalists, in short, are a group of people who picked up the liberal, academic, philosophical traditions of Western civilization when institutions like the New York Times decided to abandon them.
Kenneth R. Pike
· 8 min read
Shoulders of Giants
Concepts do not have a fixed lifespan. Some concepts are more enduring than others because they have more value.
Greg Ashman
· 12 min read
Philosophy Is Being Hijacked by Woke Twitter Mobs
Van Leeuwen and Herschbach wrote a statement on Facebook reiterating that the review process had been carried out properly, and declaring, “Efforts to silence unwelcome opinion… are doing a disservice to the community.”
Nathan Cofnas
· 6 min read
COVID-19 Betrays America’s Curdled Cult of Optimism
A philosophy of optimism was central to the flourishing of the American project. But it’s also useful to consider whether insisting that success and greatness lie around every corner can become a maladaptive response to problems that are complex and brutal.
Daphne Merkin
· 5 min read
My Former Life as a Radical
They believe in the perfectibility of man in their own image: a combination of unscrupulous optimism and narcissism.
Gerfried Ambrosch
· 11 min read
PODCAST 65: Benedict Beckeld on Oikophobia—Fashionable Disdain For Your Own Culture
Benedict Beckeld explores why many intellectuals loathe Western culture in this insightful podcast.
Quillette, Benedict Beckeld
· 1 min read
The Futility of Guilt-Based Advocacy
Your accountability is just your portion of the mob’s.
Steven D. Hales
· 10 min read
Religious Progressivism
It is not only religious “zealots” who get obsessed about good and evil. All human beings do.
Colin Turfus
· 7 min read
Beyond the Hypatia Affair: Philosophers Blocking the Way of Inquiry
If some faction of philosophers are able to declare an issue decided—over screams of dissent from other philosophers—then we can expect others to follow the same playbook.
Spencer Case
· 12 min read
Is Liberal Immigration Anti-Democratic?—A Reply to Gadi Taub
Immigration restrictions, like tariffs and other restrictions on trade, affect the activities of citizens above all.
Sam Kiss
· 12 min read
How Feminism Paved the Way for Transgenderism
Like any significant historical event, this gender revolution has multiple causes.
Michael Biggs
· 11 min read
The Role of Politics in Academic Philosophy
Clearly it is possible to do politics in philosophy without doing political philosophy.
Oliver Traldi
· 6 min read