Author: Damn the Absolute!

Tiersa McQueen discusses unschooling and gentle parenting, two philosophies that center learning around children’s personal interests and self-selected goals.

Political philosopher Kevin Vallier advocates for public reason liberalism as a way of counteracting declines in social and political trust.

Ashley Colby spotlights subsistence agriculture, showing how ideologically-divergent people can solve local and global problems.

David O’Hara introduces us to the philosophy of Charles Peirce, emphasizing the communitarian ethos necessary for satisfactory inquiry.

Megan Craig positions Emmanuel Levinas alongside pragmatist philosopher William James to offer an ethical alternative to rule-based morality.

How might concepts such as bodyfulness, corporeality, and phenomenology inform a more democratic approach to physical education?

The numberless instances of religious disagreements should cause us to seriously question how we interpret personal religious experiences.

Jaime Izurieta, an urban designer and town planner, explains how local solutions and placemaking fit into a globalizing world.

Daniel Wortel-London presents what a political worldview that centers uncertainty as a guiding principle might look like.

Adrian Rutt revisits Richard Rorty’s 1998 book Achieving Our Country—which finds itself more politically relevant today than it ever has been.