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Epistemology

Ethics & Moral philosophy

Essay on Iris Murdoch

You probably hurt someone today without noticing. Drawing on Iris Murdoch, this essay argues that we live in illusion, and that learning to see others as they truly are is not just an intellectual task but a moral duty.

Philosophical Anthropology

Epistemology

Philosophy of Mind

Why Should We Not Stop Thinking?

A frail reed in a vast universe, yet one that thinks. Taking Pascal's famous image as its guide, this essay explores why thought, rather than possessions or place, may be the true source of human dignity.

Epistemology

Metaphysics

Philosophy of Language

On the Truth-Aptness of the Perceived and of the Actual as Inspired by Rorty

Rorty says only descriptions, never the world itself, can be true or false. This essay accepts the premise but resists the leap: no frame of reference can judge what lies outside it, so claims about "the world on its own" remain unfounded.

Early modern philosophy

Epistemology

Philosophy of Technology

Political philosophy

Knowledge and Society in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Baconian Perspective

Bacon warned that language distorts knowledge. AI, built entirely from human language, may fulfil his dream of organised knowledge while amplifying these distortions. This essay reads misinformation, opacity, and technocratic power through his "Idols of the Marketplace".

Epistemology

Feminist philosophy

The World as Socially Perceived and Produced: a Feminist Approach to the Impossibility of Marginalized Worlds

What if there is no single objective world to find, only worlds made through perception shaped by language and power? Through a feminist lens, this essay shows how marginalized worlds are rendered "impossible," and why the real task may be making them possible.

Epistemology

Metaphysics

Living Through the Phenomenon

Murdoch calls finding reality life's great task, yet Kant's veil of phenomena puts the noumenon beyond reach. Can a task that cannot be completed still be worth pursuing? Weighing ignorance and hedonism against it, this essay answers yes: to pursue is to understand within our limits.

Epistemology

Philosophy of Economics

Philosophy of Science

Social Sciences: Prediction or Premonition?

Social sciences claim the rigor of prediction, yet many of their findings resemble premonition. Comparing sociology to alchemy and economics to crystal-ball forecasting, this essay argues that scientific authority can become a form of magical thinking, and that the world's magic is not dispelled.

Epistemology

Philosophy of Technology

The End of History: for real this time

Fukuyama declared history's end in liberal democracy; this essay proposes another ending. As information floods the digital age, the amount of events outpaces our capacity to understand them, and distrust erodes truth itself. Will we escape this bottleneck, or return to a neo-medieval world?

Epistemology

Truth Wouldn’t Exist Without Humans

Many believe some truths, like 1 + 1 = 2, would hold even without minds. This essay argues that, on most theories of truth, truth requires truth-bearers such as propositions, which depend on minds, so truth could not exist without humans. Yet the argument itself leaves open whether propositions might be eternal.

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