Philosophy for right now.

Essays, arguments, and the occasional heresy. Old ideas tested against present problems, sorted by topic, argument type, and how much they'll annoy you.
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BROWSE THE CATALOG
Start wherever the problem actually is.

No fixed set of questions to sort into. Topics here grow the way the archive grows: as new essays warrant it.

Also in the archive: Identity & Self, Flourishing, Art & Beauty, and Language & Meaning.

9 installments. What an old philosopher got right, and where they'd update the argument today.
3 installments. The strongest counterargument to a recent essay, argued in good faith.
5 installments. Obscure thinkers and the arguments nobody assigned you in school.
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The Case for Optimizing Everything
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