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Philosophy

My reflections on a variety of topics in philosophy. This is philosophy for the fun of it, thought-provoking yet never dull. I explore old ideas from some of the world's greatest thinkers and see how they can apply today.

William James Found Atheism Lacking (and I do too)

Thomas Paine’s Totally Reasonable Deism for an Unreasonable World

Wittgenstein's Lost Schoolteacher Years (1918-1926)

José Ortega y Gasset's "The Revolt of the Masses" a Century Later

Philosophical Themes from Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate

Where are all the Aliens? Four Unsettling Explanations to Fermi's Paradox

Jacques Ellul's Technique in the Digital Age

Tolstoy's Depression and the Limits of Reason

Does the Marketplace of Ideas Still Work?

Nietzsche on Herd Thinkers vs. Free Spirits

Simone de Beauvoir: Reflections on The Ethics of Ambiguity

Albert Camus on the Rebel in the Modern World

Electric Blanket People

Elie Wiesel's Night and the Question of Evil

Pascal's Terror: Should We Fear the Eternal Silence of the Infinite Spaces?

American Democracy and the Myth of Progress

Emerson's "Circles" as a Metaphor for Human Experience

What Does It Really Mean to Be Free?

Did Schopenhauer Think Reading is Bad for You? (yes, sort of)

Humble Pie: The Philosophy of Language Learning

Hannah Arendt On Totalitarianism (not what you think)

Descartes, Kant, and Darwin: The Three Philosophies of Animal Ethics

Limitations of Kantian Ethics

Is Expat Life Amazing (or what)?

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