The Pragmatic Truth of Existentialism
With culture wars focusing more on the nature of truth, the time is ripe to consider the connection between pragmatism and existentialism.
Read MoreWith culture wars focusing more on the nature of truth, the time is ripe to consider the connection between pragmatism and existentialism.
Read MoreWilliam James offers a way to evaluate the fruitfulness of ideas by tethering them to the common ground of lived experience.
Read MoreTo address rising atomization and alienation, we must account for radical inadequacy and experiment with more totalizing communities.
Read MoreSociety has become so politically-saturated that we’re now overdoing democracy. Here are a few reasons why it undermines our institutions.
Read MoreStuck in the conflict between two worldviews, the Dude offers a pragmatic third way forward for the postmodern world.
Read MoreWith the understanding that fear is the fundamental problem in being human, we have our starting point. To pursue this quest, we must fully deconstruct anxiety, reveal its origins and mechanism, and find its resolution.
Read More‘The School of Life’ is on a crusade to avail us of our emotional ignorance. Philosopher Alain De Botton seeks to remedy the shortcomings of contemporary education systems and the institutions that have failed to instruct us in how to approach the big questions in life.
Read MoreAs we try to align ourselves closely with the true victims, René Girard shows how the ancient scapegoat ruse leads us to meaningful compassion.
Read MoreMichel Serres was a life-affirming philosopher whose emphatic style humanized science, encouraged empathy, and accepted our chaotic origins.
Read MoreHate groups have undertaken modern marketing practices to more effectively recruit—dressing up their message in more universal language.
Read MorePlay is a matter of life and death, and it differs from games in a fundamental way—but it is also a metaphysical activity.
Read MoreCritiques of wanderlust by Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Stoics have far-reaching consequences for our ability to lead meaningful lives.
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