A long review, with further musings, of "Cynical Theories". Read more (30 min, 7600 words).
The Woke-up Call: A Review of Cynical Theories
Tag: disagreement
Rereading Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate
I reread a book that influenced me a lot when I was younger and review it. Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate by Ullica Segerstråle chronicles the intense discussion in the wake of E.O Wilson's book "Sociobiology" from 1975. Read more (20 min, 5100 words).
A Quickie on Cancel Culture Questions
A quick, improvised post inspired by a question put to me on Twitter. Read more (4 min, 1000 words).
Fantasia for Two Voices
A dialog on how everything is. Read more (6 min, 1600 words).
Picking Apart Eugenics
A quick-and-dirty piece on what the hell people mean by "eugenics", promted by the fallout from a tweet by Richard Dawkins.
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It’s Not So Only
Are mental illnesses actual illnesses or are they unusual preferences? Or maybe this is a non-issue because it's only about words? Well, that's not so only. Read more (8 min, 1900 words).
Erisology, Round Three
Third attempt at a relatively user-friendly introduction to what "erisology" means.
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Cat Couplings
"I prefer honest argumentation to dishonest rhetoric." Do I mean that rhetoric is essentially dishonest, or am I talking about the kind of rhetoric that's dishonest? That's a cat coupling. Read more (7 min, 1800 words).
The Prince and the Figurehead
When we misrepresent other people, is it a mistake or do we do it on purpose? Neither explanation feels right to me. Rather, I think we should consider that we often perform "semitentional" actions, which is the result of our agency being more distributed than we think.
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A Disagreement About Disagreement
I comment on a critical article and take the opportunity to further elaborate on decoupling, charity, bad faith motives and complex disagreements. Read more (17 min, 5800 words).
Everything Studies 