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The Pragmatic Truth of Existentialism

August 24, 2020April 28, 2021 17 min read Donovan Irven Essential Reading, Existentialism, Henri Bergson, Jean-Paul Sartre, Pragmatism, Truth, William James

With culture wars focusing more on the nature of truth, the time is ripe to consider the connection between pragmatism and existentialism.

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The Power of One Idea

June 24, 2020May 20, 2021 17 min read Jeffrey Howard Emotional Well-being, Essential Reading, Pragmatism, William James

William James offers a way to evaluate the fruitfulness of ideas by tethering them to the common ground of lived experience.

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Can Social Technologists Solve the Atomization Problem?

January 27, 2020April 30, 2021 10 min read Jonah Bennett Atomization, Community, Emotional Well-being, Essential Reading, Liberalism

To address rising atomization and alienation, we must account for radical inadequacy and experiment with more totalizing communities.

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We’re Overdoing Democracy. But Why?

December 23, 2019June 1, 2020 7 min read Kevin Vallier Democracy, Essential Reading, Polarization, Politics

Society has become so politically-saturated that we’re now overdoing democracy. Here are a few reasons why it undermines our institutions.

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The Dude Abides: Pragmatism as an Alternative to Deontology and Nihilism

November 14, 2019April 22, 2021 16 min read Matthew Downhour Deontology, Essential Reading, Film, Friedrich Nietzsche, Judaism, Nihilism, Pragmatism

Stuck in the conflict between two worldviews, the Dude offers a pragmatic third way forward for the postmodern world.

How Deconstructing Anxiety Makes Transcendence Possible

November 8, 2019March 1, 2020 11 min read Todd E. Pressman Emotional Well-being, Transcendence, Truth

With 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.

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