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Friday Pick: "Life is Hard to Get Used To, Prisoners Remind Me" by Matthew Whalan
"People can get used to anything," right? Matt Whalan reminds us that it's extremely hard to get used to any kind of human life at all, never mind the…
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Nozick Ch. 3 Pt. 3 Recording for the Substack Philosophy Class
"Constraints and Animals" and "The Experience Machine"
Feb 18
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Losing Lucy
No philosophy or politics this week, sorry.
Feb 15
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If You Want to Critique Analytic Philosophy, It Helps to Know Something About It
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Fuentes is a Symptom
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Philosophers Probably Shouldn't Respond to Right-Wing Authoritarianism by Limiting the Sphere of Acceptable Inquiry
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Ben Shapiro Tries to Refute Marx Without Reading Him
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In Defense of the Fowkes Translation of Marx's Capital
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Remembering Michael Brooks
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Friday Pick: "How to Organize a Real General Strike in the US" by Eric Blanc
An actual general strike would be the most effective possible response to Trump's authoritarianism. Unfortunately, we have a lot of work to do before…
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Nozick Ch. 3 Pt. 2 Recording for the Substack Philosophy Class
More Kant! The separateness of persons! Non-aggression! And a surprising amount about the Trolley Problem.
Feb 5
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Good and Bad Arguments Against Immigration Crackdowns
"Terrorizing immigrants makes it harder to unionize them" and "this violates universal human rights" make more sense than "they take jobs Americans…
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Friday Pick: "The Line Between Politics and Pro Wrestling Has Disappeared" by Jason Myles
A disturbingly exact analogy
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Nozick Ch. 3 Pt. 1 Recording for the Substack Philosophy Class
"Moral Constraints and the State"
Jan 30
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A Simple Argument Against Sufficientarianism
The height of the floor matters. But so does the distance between the floor and the ceiling.
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Friday Pick: "ICE Has Become a Rogue Paramilitary" by Meagan Day
The best rundown I've seen of how the agency has gone from what it was in 2024 (which was certainly bad enough) to something that wouldn't out of place…
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