Ok, Boomer I love reading articles about the different ways in which younger generations are killing off entire industries. Looking
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This summer, I had a wonderful opportunity in teaching a free enrichment course in philosophy to a group of sixth
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Perhaps one of the most interesting societal trends is the widespread popularity of existentialism and nihilism among teenagers. It appears
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The Calculus War My first calculus teacher was a huge fan of Isaac Newton, so early in the school year,
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Previously, I explained the way in which David Hume’s problem of induction entirely undermines any notion of cause and effect
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Previously, I discussed David Hume’s problem of induction which concludes that induction can never be a valid process for
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When I was first getting into philosophy, my favorite author was Immanuel Kant, and as I started reading his Prolegomena
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For all of my still short life, I have lived in an environment populated by people dedicated to concrete realities
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