Humaning is Hard, but Philosophy Can Help
Erica Lucast Stonestreet, Mona MonaExploring the philosophy in everyday experiences for the reflective and curious--because philosophy is everywhere, and it matters. Essay posts on Thursdays from your friendly neighborhood philosophy professor. Grab a cup and come sit with me!
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How to live well in a [crappy] world, part 2
When our lives unfold within rotten systems not of our making, what does living well look like?
Working through this question last week, I considered a system-level approach. We’re not fully responsible for morally corrupt systems, but we’...
How to live well in a [crappy] world, part 1
The universe seems to be poking me to think about how to live in an imperfect world.
This theme has hit me in multiple different ways in the past couple of months:
- I read It’s On You: How How Corporations and Behavioral Scientists Ha...
Philosophy that shaped how we think about thinking, Part 2: The tripartite soul
The world Western philosophy made is dominated by reason. I observed in Part 1 of this series that mainstream philosophy’s narrative has functioned in ways that serve patriarchy. To explore how this plays out, I’m sampling pieces of Western...
How to appreciate beauty
Beauty matters and doesn’t matter at the same time.
This idea has been ghost-ily drifting around my mind for several months now. It coalesced a little more as I wrote about grace this summer, and now I need to give it some shape.
Ant...
Philosophy: An escape room adventure
If you’ve heard of the “Socratic method,” you may not think fondly of it.
The name comes from the way Socrates conducted philosophical inquiry. In Plato’s dialogues, Socrates is typically questioning one or more interlocutors about some c...
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I write about philosophical questions raised by everyday life for thoughtful folks. Brought to you by five decades of humaning and two decades of teaching philosophy—plus whatever I'm reading, good conversation, sunlight, coffee, and mac & cheese.
Philosopher-at-large writing in the traditions of existentialism, phenomenology, feminism, and critical theory. ex-UCBerkeley, ex-GrinnellCollege ex-StonyBrook
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