In part 1, I covered the essential mindset for thinking and arguing philosophically -- and hopefully, by extension, more effectively and productively. But although charity, fallibility, and truth-seeking are necessary,…
Productive debate is a skill which can be learned and practiced. In a philosophy class I took a while back, we were presented with a "code of intellectual conduct," but…
I've been following Stefan Molyneux for about five or six years now. While the man does his share of formal philosophy, arguing for his theory of Universally Preferable Behavior and…
In criticizing an irritating Peterson fan a while back, I made the following claim: In this case, the problem is in trusting an argument which you cannot understand, without realizing…
Or rather, what is philosopher not? The question is one that has been bothering me recently. In the realm of science, a scientist is one who applies the scientific method (usually in…
Libertarianism seems to be collapsing. Even those of us who still feel a kind of emotional affinity with the philosophy (I'm sure I'm not alone) have come to admit that…
After a number of positive music reviews, I think it's time to do a negative one. The song in question, which has serenaded me over the radio a few times…
When I was in martial arts, we were taught that the old Okinawan belt system was not what it is today, where dyed belts in white, yellow, blue, orange, purple,…
I have no desire to get into the Thunderf00t game of beating dead horses, but sometimes an illustration is so illustrative that it is worth illustrating how illustrative it is.…
A while back, I wrote a post defending Jordan Peterson against Vox Day's criticisms. My claim was that while Jordan Peterson's value is somewhat exaggerated by many of his followers, for…