On choosing a subject for a master's thesis in philosophy.
How to go about choosing the subject for a master's thesis in philosophy? A letter to the student.
Economy vs meteorology.
What is the metaphysical difference between the predictions of a meteorologist and those of an economist? A metaphysical analysis debunking economy as a hard science.
On the city.
What constitutes a city? A philological examination.
The watchmaker’s self-defeat.
What are the odds of a “one-solution-fits-all” being good? An argument against a god of teleology.
Something and nothing and logic.
Is nothing an actual thing? A short lesson in logic.
Tautologies about society.
What is a tautology, and why is it bad? A logical analysis by example.
Diversity.
If comfort is easy, then what is difficult? A pondering metapolitical inquiry.
To know that we know.
What is the second level of “ignorance is bliss”? A presentation of Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingam’s theory.
On aesthetics.
What is beauty? A short pondering.
To watch a tree.
Why is it so fulfilling to watch a tree? A short existentialist inquiry.
Soot on the soul.
What is the metaphysical price of progress? A short story.
The attention machine.
How many notifications can we tolerate? A piece of philosophical journalism.