Big iff True
Daniel Muñoz, Brad SkowBig ideas in philosophy, politics, and economics
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Is Claude an agent of the death of philosophy itself?
Today is possibly the most significant milestone in 21st-century philosophy: humans are no longer the only philosophers.
Claude—with the help of Simon Goldstein—has published a paper in Philosophy & Public Affairs, the same journal* where...
A manifesto for higher education
Photo by Tim Alex
Over the last decade, the public has been losing trust in higher education, and much of the decline has been our fault. To give just two examples:
- In 2024, when a wave of protests over the Israel–Gaza War swept acros...
The point is to blow your mind
…for wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
—Plato, Theaetetus
Plato has Socrates tell us how philosophy begins. But how does it end?
Sometimes, you end up in Wittgenstein’s fly-bottle, trapped in a stat...
Jason Arday's resignation isn't good enough
Jason Arday, formerly Professorial Chair in the Sociology of Education at Cambridge University (and onetime Olympic torchbearer), has resigned, shortly after Cambridge announced it was opening an investigation in light of “new information a...
The efficiency vs. equity dilemma is (usually) fake
Julius Drost
A while back, New York City was debating the merits of congestion pricing, which charges drivers a fee to enter high-traffic areas, and the city found itself facing a classic dilemma of efficiency versus equity.
Congestion pr...
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I write about philosophy, politics, and economics at Big iff True.
Professor of Philosophy at MIT; Writer of Poetry at Home.
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