Why We Won’t Ever Arrive at Truth
A defense of Charles Sanders Peirce and William James against the charge that their asymptotic approaches to truth and hope are juvenile.
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Truth
Truth as Pragmatism’s Only Hope
Although some pragmatists argue truth is malleable and constantly changing, logician Charles Sanders Peirce asserts it is our knowledge of truth that is variable, not truth itself.
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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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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.
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How Deconstructing Anxiety Makes Transcendence Possible
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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Kierkegaard: The Responsible Philosopher?
Kierkegaard’s ambition is for the self to become itself—even if such a mode of existence will question the moral norms and values of society.
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