“Asking advice won’t diminish your greatness or cast doubt on your talent. To the contrary; it will strengthen your reputation. To combat misfortune, take counsel with reason.”
– Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Read the full article which is published on Philosophy Bits (external link)Foucault’s critique of power and knowledge shaped poststructuralism, yet its rejection of truth risks becoming its own orthodoxy. To remain...
This is Part 4 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
““Objectivity” in the first sense was a property of theories which, having been thoroughly discussed, are chosen by a consensus...
[Revised entry by Richard Healey on September 8, 2026. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html] Quantum theory is fundamental to...
Below is the audio recording of Lisa Tessman’s presidential address, “Holding Ourselves Responsible: When What Rightly Matters Doesn’t Really Matter,”...
philosophybits: “Tragedy asks us to walk a delicate line. We are to acknowledge that life’s miseries strike deep, striking to...
