Exploring the intersection of knowledge, truth, and politics.
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I have previously argued that philosophers cannot answer the big questions. When it comes to whether we have free will, the nature of knowledge, the mind’s relation to the body, or the foundations of morality (etc., etc.), there are no widely agreed answers after more than two millennia. In a
What happens when people are paid to tell the truth about politics
I’ve just finished Book One of War and Peace. I was expecting a story about generals and battlefields, but what I’ve found so far is a novel about social psychology. The novel begins not with bloodshed but with conversation: the glittering salons of St Petersburg, full of rehearsed smiles and cautious small talk. Tolstoy’s aristocrats live in a world of performance anxiety that feels recognizable…
What "Public Opinion" Still Teaches Us About Democracy
Democracy Without Elections
Imagine a coastal city debating how to manage the increasing risk of flooding.
Philosophy has been around for over two thousand years, yet its central questions remain remarkably unsettled.
If truth is their goal, yes.
The Case of John Howard Griffin
Political Humility in the Age of Polarization
