Félix Varela: A Latino Defender of Modern Philosophy without Neglecting his Faith
Few philosophers and scholars in the Anglophone world have heard of or have known about the Cuban presbyter/philosopher Félix Varela y Morales. Even those...
The Philosophical Import of Where We Eat
That food plays a special role in every culture is a platitude. Ditto for the idea that space shapes us as individuals and as...
One Step Back, Two Steps Elsewhere: Exploring the Past to Envision Democratic Futures
It is difficult to write the words "democracy is in crisis" without a sense of reluctance. In many ways, it feels like a trivial...
Rebelling or Revelling?: Humor as a Sisyphean Task in Mystery Science Theater 3000, Part...
The Loving Ironic Cutification of Bad Movies through Ridicule
It might be thought that the many ridiculing jokes directed against a bad movie can only...
An Invitation to Take the Question of Secession Seriously
Political philosophers should think more about the theory of secession. There is a philosophical literature on secession, most obviously the work of Allan Buchanan,...
Learning from AI’s Bullshit
Anyone who has used modern AI knows how unreliable they are. They might recommend adding glue to pizza sauce to keep the cheese from sliding...
Socrates in Exile: The Fate of Thought in a Bureaucratic Age
As the foundations of independent thinking are rationalized in the administered world, the public role of philosophy as magistra vitae becomes an intellectual afterthought....
Executive Orders, Offices, and Laws: Democratic Conundrums in Ancient Greece and Modern America
An executive order is issued by the new ruler of a country. A woman defies the order in the name of higher laws. How...
Technofascism and the AI Stage of Late Capitalism
Technologies produce disorientation
Since the release of ChatGPT 3.5 in November 2022 and the extraordinary AI hype that has followed in the last two years,...
Life in Plastic: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Barbie Movie
2024 has ushered in yet another wave of big-budget nostalgia. From the film adaptation of Wicked to the unstoppable Barbie juggernaut, it seems Hollywood...