Summer Reading List 2013
July 28, 2013
Summer is the perfect time to dig in to deep reading. Heidegger’s Being and Time…
The Scandalous Truth about Memoir
May 24, 2026
A memoir is a personal narrative written about a pivotal time in the author’s life. While the story is told from a particular perspective, the events recounted are supposed to be fact, not fiction. But what exactly counts as truth in memoir? Is the distinction…
Atheism and the Well-Lived Life
July 14, 2013
Atheists don’t believe in God – does that mean they don’t find life meaningful? Are…
Whodunit: The Language of Responsibility
June 30, 2013
Who is responsible for the broken vase in the foyer? How harshly should criminals be…
Physics, Philosophy, and Theology
June 9, 2013
The world disclosed by the physical sciences can seem depressing. Modern physics, for example, has…
Gay Pride & Prejudice
June 2, 2013
The question of gay rights has become a hot button issue, with opposition taking on…
The Extended Mind
May 12, 2013
The question of gay rights has become a hot button issue, with opposition taking on…
What is an Adult?
April 21, 2013
In the Middle Ages, people married, had children, went off to war and took on…
Reading, Narrative, and the Self
April 7, 2013
Reading is a lot of fun, especially narrative fiction – everyone loves a good story.…
Abortion
March 24, 2013
Nothing stirs up controversy like abortion. To some, it carries the steep moral cost of…
Should Marriage Be Abolished?
March 3, 2013
State-sanctioned marriage has long been regarded as one of the bedrocks of a stable society. …
The Self
February 24, 2013
What is a self? Merely a human being? Or perhaps a soul? Hume claimed he…
Cities, Gentrification, and Inequality
February 17, 2013
In the 1960s, as many American cities burst and burned, the upper and middle classes…
Is It All Relative?
February 3, 2013
We’ve all heard a disenchanted teenager claim that everything is relative and that there is…
John Locke
January 27, 2013
Thomas Jefferson identified John Locke as one of “the three greatest men that have ever…
The Linguistics of Name-Calling
January 20, 2013
Sticks and bones may break your bones, but names can also hurt you. And language…
The Moral Costs of Free Markets
January 13, 2013
We live in a market-driven society – our day-to-day lives consist of buying and selling…
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