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Carol: A Philosophy! (opens the original)
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Carol, PhilosopherI’ve long debated how to approach writing about my beloved dog, Carol, from a philosophical perspective. I’ve mentioned her before, and anyone who knows me has heard of her, too. But if philosophy is, at its heart, about living a good life, then Carol can offer us some guidelines for flourishing. Of course, philosophizing is not just about emulating models. There is always the task of dialoguing, inquiring, and sorting out the merits and flaws in various views. (Carol doesn’t d
The Tyranny of Thinness — A Final Friday Foray (opens the original)
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In the “Why Philosophy?” Substack, I’ve shared interviews with philosophers about what brought them to the discipline and how they conceive of it. I’ve also included personal essays that are shaped by my conception of philosophy as a way of life. As I’ve done on May 29, June 30, Ju
What Is Your Philosophy? (opens the original)
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What Is Your Philosophy?Last Tuesday, on a ride home from my university, an Uber driver asked me, “What is your philosophy?” He had inquired about what I studied, but after telling him that I was a philosophy professor, he sprang the question on me.I found it a daunting question because the personal motto I came up with many years ago is admittedly dark. (More on it later.) I hemmed and hawed, but he shared his: “Live, and let live.” And, at the end of the ride, he told me, “Don’t worry, be happ
Miscellaneous Monday — 09/07/26 (opens the original)
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Happy Monday!Here’s a semi-miscellaneous list of announcements and happenings from across philosophy Substacks, as well as some links to posts by writer friends and personal announcements!UpcomingLook out for some personal essays and a final “Friday Foray” for my upcoming book, The Tyranny of Thinness!Recent HappeningsI really enjoyed some of these essays on Substack:’s piece “Philosophy is Hard”<span
Mark Schroeder (opens the original)
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What is philosophy to you? For me, philosophy lives in the space between the questions we know how to ask and the questions we know how to answer. It is the children’s bedtime questions whose real answers require too much setup. As we come to a consensus about how to answer these questions, they come to feel less philosophical, and in many cases new disciplines rise up out of people trained to go about applying these techniques to answer them. And yet everywhere we gain new knowledge or new imag
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