Tag: Reason & rationality
The Hume Paradox
How great philosophy leads to dismal politics
ReadPragmatism and Culture, East and West
A video about pragmatism. the United States' most significant and distinctive philosophical school and it also reflects core features of American culture. Although distinctive it has deep roots in British empiricism and also has echoes in other traditions, especially East Asian Confucian and Buddhist thought.
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Existentialism Today
This podcast was recorded at one of my series of Philosophy Salons at St Georges, Bristol with guests Kate Kirkpatrick and Jonathan Webber.
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A letter from 2099
I wrote this piece on the future of AI back in 2003 and I think it's aged pretty well. I haven't changed a single word, one reason for which you'll discover at the end.
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