Consecrated Waiting Rooms
Whether we are religious or claim no sense of the spiritual, sacred spaces help us to better confront the transitory nature of existence.
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Essays
Rortian Liberalism and the Problem of Truth
In defending liberalism, the philosopher Richard Rorty argues that there is no difference—in practice—between aiming at justification and aiming at something more called truth.
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American Democracy and Its Broken Bargaining Tables
American politics is in peril. Now is the time to replace our broken bargaining tables with more deliberative democracy.
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Humans Are Not Merely Algorithms
In contrast with the algorithmic view of consciousness, process philosophy suggests that we’re fundamentally energy or “drops of experience.”
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It’s All a Bit Absurd
Amidst a pandemic, Albert Camus’ novel The Plague suggests that we can find courage, community, and hope while embracing the absurd.
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The Three-Way Fight and Antifascist Philosophy
Fascism has been on the rise in the US but does liberalism or antifascism provide a stronger defense against far-right authoritarian forces.
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Who Cares About Democracy?
Some people consider democracy a good thing only if it gets them the outcome they want. Perhaps the US just needs more democratic reforms.
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Love Originates in Shared Suffering and Pity
The early twentieth-century Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno clarifies the places and events from which love emerges.
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Philosophy on the Danube River
In the aftermath of the Yugoslavian Civil War, a local philosopher uses philosophical practice to inspire personal and communal action.
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Fire Is the Best Medicine
Just as apocalypse means revelation, so can fire be medicine and poison. “Fire medicine” confers benefits on individuals and communities.
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Natural Mysticism and Its Dangerous Allure
Natural mysticism focuses on awakening us from our ego-bound ordinary life to a universal oneness. But it comes with many dangers.
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Sentience, Not Consciousness, Is Key to the Cosmos
If the universe is conducive to sentience rather than consciousness, then a scientific model for some even more fascinating phenomena emerges.
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