The definition of knowledge
This student paper, from 2006, argues that knowledge in the strictest sense is impossible. No one ever has “absolute” knowledge,...
The definition of knowledge
Old student notes on random philosophy articles
Old syllabus and lecture notes
Rambling reflections on Camille Paglia
On the fight against misogyny
A little misanthropy can be a healthy thing
A plea for honesty in discussions of sex and gender
The individual and history
Only Marxism can explain society
Notes on cognitive science, and on pragmatism
Skeptical thoughts on the Russian Revolution
Richard Lewontin, Chomsky, and common sense
The silliness of logical positivism
On "lesser evilism" in politics
The paradox of free will
"The Pedagogy of the Oppressed"
Notes on anarchism
Economics as class war
On "The Reactionary Mind"
Fragments of humanism