Against the Computational Model of the Mind

Despite Western thought’s persistence to the effect, there are nevertheless reasons to doubt the idea that the mind comes in Continue reading →

Morality Not Normality: The Instru-mentality of Pandemic Responses

With COVID-19 and its consequences still unfolding at the time of writing it is tempting to speculate what the future Continue reading →

On Category: Socrates, Plato and Ryle vs. Gongsun Long and Darwin

What do we mean when we talk about categories? A category is a group of things that have common features; Continue reading →

Merleau-Ponty on the Relationship Between Self and World

As much as the world can feel separate from our discrete selves, upon closer examination, we will see that our Continue reading →

Meta-Relativism 2: Asia’s Ancient Thinkers

In part 1, I dealt with relativism, agnosticism, and what I call meta-relativism, concerning thinkers mainly in ancient Greece and Continue reading →

How the Wilderness Calls: A Critique of Red Dead Redemption 2

Life persists in wildness. Technique turned the world into a wildlife park, domesticating all within its borders. Yet it didn’t Continue reading →

The Castle Without The King: On Domicide and Homelessness

I’ve never rough slept, though I’ve had plenty of friends who were rough sleeping at one point or another. For Continue reading →

Meta-Relativism 1: When East Meets West

Talking of relativism, one of the most famous ― or infamous ― philosophers we may immediately think of is Protagoras, Continue reading →