Apropos of my earlier post on whether philosophy should be a science, Gawker has a solution! We are solving this entire problem, by revealing the exact order of all academic fields of study, ranked by how real they are. (Completely… Continue Reading
I thought this column by Colin McGinn in the New York Times was a cute, subtle joke. But McGinn has replied to his critics, and now I actually think he might be serious. Here’s the idea he puts forward: let’s rename… Continue Reading
Here’s kind of an odd, but very interesting post, arguing that Jane Austen is a better moral philosopher than a writer, and she’s not a writer with much psychological insight. I think the contrast between good philosopher/bad writer-psychologist was originally… Continue Reading