I sit here typing this from a desk in a Manhattan hotel room. After months of burnout and an all-around lack of inspiration, I suddenly feel compelled to write a new article. Conveniently, my own experience of burnout and, more specifically, disillusionment with philosophy, can readily be framed as a … More A Skeptic in Search of Belief

On Self Understanding: Methods and Modes of Inquiry As an armchair philosopher, I am sometimes also an armchair psychologist. Armchairs are great for lots of things, besides, perhaps, actually getting things done out in the “real world”. But who needs the “real world” anyway? (Berkeley, other philosophical idealists, are you … More On Self Understanding: Methods and Modes of Inquiry

The Twilight Zone and Philosophy “A Nice Place to Visit” Have you ever seen an episode of the Twilight Zone? Each is a small, beautifully strange slice of the human experience. The episodes take on a definitively moral, existential undertone and overtone. That is to say, they’re moral and existential … More The Twilight Zone and Philosophy

The Complex Nature of the Individual INTRODUCTION I journal extensively; I write not merely about the mundane and everyday (in fact, I usually leave that out altogether—to my chagrin later on) but instead I focus on the thoughts and ideas I have, which often have a long developmental history of … More The Complex Nature of the Individual

The Passage of Time Introduction… When we consider the passage of time, we can investigate two different sets of relations or properties: relations of ‘earlier than’, ‘simultaneous with’, and ‘later than’ (e/s/l relations), and properties of past, present, and future (p/pr/f properties). Evidently, e/s/l relations are different from p/pf/f properties; … More The Passage of Time

Philosophy in a Can—philosophical thoughts and observations from everyday life. Casual and imaginative (sometimes loose) connections between everyday events and philosophical ideas or questions. The goal is ultimately to inspire further thought and inquiry, and perhaps encourage a more personal relationship to philosophy. Most anything is on the table, from … More Philosophy in a Can