Limited Inerrancy: Limited Plausibility
My last volley in the religion wars--for now
Department
Philosophy.
Wisdom, ethics, and first principles.
Lately on the shelf
30 of 619How nationalists, theocrats and tech titans turned their backs on the future
The far-right is rising again. But this time, their vision for bunkered survivalism bets on permanent “bad times.” Excerpted from Rerun or Sequel?, an essay published in the Financial Times.
“What is this? A dilemma for ants?”
I have a question about the protestant dilemma
How to find happiness with Cicero
Part XLI of the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series
Joe Schmid and Noah McKay Are Wrong About Fatima
It’s definitely not a miracle
Is AI a form of life?
Podcast with Robert Wright
Signs and Existence
On Signs, Reality, and Language Between Nietzsche and Hamann
Do doomers believe what they say?
A test
GPT-6 Astra Reviews ‘The Social Roots of Delusions’
There is currently much debate about how impressive frontier AI models really are and what role they can play in research, including in academic philosophy. To get some evidence, I asked GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI’s new model, to review my book, ‘The Social Roots of…
Discussing Catholicism With Dustin Crummett
Why Catholicism is untenable
Suggested Readings
A few recommendations by Figs in Winter for your reading pleasure
A Brief Reminder
That tens of billions of land animals are slaughtered every year in demented torture farms where they are forced to live in filth and feces, where they can’t turn around, where their tails and beaks are snipped off with a knife, and they choke on the noxious f…
Old-New Anti-Semitism
The infinite reproducibility of anti-Semitism
Talking Midterms and Data Centers with Rep. Ro Khanna from California’s Silicon Valley
I pushed Ro Khanna on his plan to reign in data centers with no moratorium, the billionaire’s tax fight in his own backyard, and his plans for 2028.
The idea of a university (and that of a professor)
Where does higher education come from, and where is it going?
The Puzzle of Hell Solved?
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Four More Arguments Against Inerrancy
Did the biblical figure Enoch write a random passage in a text written around 300 BCE?
If You Can’t Beat ’Em, Join ’Em
The case for adversarial collaboration
Climate vs Fascism with Bill McKibben & Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
I joined Bill & Ayana for their first live, and we broke our own records.
Gathering in the Vineyard
Ivan Illich, Hugh of St. Victor, and the question of intelligence
The Power of Ideas Or Ideas of Power
The Idea of Palestine in Democratic Politics
The Take-Home Essay Is Dead
Long live the take-home essay
The Shocks Are Coming - Who Do We Want Be?
I wrote about fringe eco-fascist ideas nearly a decade ago. Today they have moved to the centres of power. Plus: Live With Rep Ro Khanna Tomorrow
Notes on “Slop”
or, 'Slop as metaphor'
AI safety and the data center backlash
Planting a flag for AI safety as a place where we won’t abjectly bullshit you
Pro Academia
Cicero defends himself and his philosophy against a misguided Pyrrhonist
How to Solve the Problem of Divine Hiddenness
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If Babies Don't Go To Hell, Massa Damnata Isn’t Right
An awkward tension for those who affirm infant salvation and massa damnata
Kids These Days
What we are really arguing about
Heroic Virtue Made Easy
People gave their lives to save strangers. You can save them on the cheap.