Essays
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As a recently laid-off academic becomes more immersed in a sangha, he tries to reconcile his newfound zazen practice with his western background.
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Faced with his wife’s cancer diagnosis, a lack of affordable housing, and losing his job in academia, Donovan Irven turns to Zen Buddhism to resolve…
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A humanities researcher puts AI bot ChatGPT through a few tests, with mostly laughable results and one promising potential use.
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Contrasting with hope in a fixed or eternal order, pragmatists John Dewey and Richard Rorty connect hope to continual growth and conversation.
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While pragmatists accept the tragic and boundless nature of a constantly changing and foundationless reality, William James offers hope in a naturalized theism.
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A long-time friend and former student of the eminent pragmatist philosopher Richard Bernstein reflects on her mentor’s commitment to pluralism and love of children.
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Advocates of community supported agriculture believe their radical model addresses many of the problems that plague large-scale farming today.
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Embedded into every tool is an ideological bias, and unless we continually re-evaluate new technologies, we may end up within a technopoly.