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Douglas Hofstadter, Strange Loops, and the Enigma of Intelligence
Why “Artificial Intelligence” is a Contradiction in Terms
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Wittgenstein: How We Think
The “Private Language Argument” has Profound Implications
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In Search of Free Will
Human freedom is a matter of perspective
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Stoic Autonomy
Understanding The Limits of Your Freedom
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The Fourfold Root of Stoic Virtue
The Foundation for a New Stoicism
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To See What’s Not There
The Japanese concept of “Ma” can teach us something about nothing
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Peter Singer is Doing Ethics, Are You?
Reason Takes Us To Uncomfortable Places
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The Stoic Self
Reconstructing Modern Stoicism From the Inside Out
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The Pseudo-Intellectualism of Luxury Beliefs
When Theory is Grist to the Mill
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Wittgenstein: Liberation From Essence
Does a Craving for General Explanations Limit Our Capacity to Think?
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David Hume: Philosopher of Emotion
Do Passion and Reason Really Conflict?
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Everything and God
Ibn Sina’s “Proof of the Truthful”
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Effective Altruism: Data-Driven Giving is Logical, but is it Wise?
It feels good when you give to charity, doesn’t it? It’s different, though, from showin…
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My Book
At last, the book is here. It's called Become As You Are. It's short. Just 80 pages long. But that's the point. I want this book to be as easy to read…
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