Uncommon Discourses
James MeachamUsing the tools of analytic philosophy and critical thinking to help us climb out of the cognitive chaos and resulting polarization of the 2020s
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How I Hit “Peak Trans”
For those unfamiliar with the discourse, the term “Peak Trans” describes a specific trajectory. Almost everyone who now identifies as gender-critical (or gender skeptical, as I like to call myself) began from a position of liberal tolerance...
Gender Ideology, Linguistic Evolution, and Unicorns
One of the more facile retorts offered by gender theorists and activists when challenged on pronouns or the redefinition of “woman” is the blanket assertion that “language evolves.” To resist their novel usages, the argument goes, is to act...
The Architecture of Reason: Truth is Binary
Introduction: The Analytic Precondition
Progressive discourse these days often treats the blurring of conceptual lines as synonymous with human freedom. The project of “queering the binary” (a phrase that has migrated from niche academi...
Defending Buck Angel: A Liberal/Pragmatic Analysis of the Implications of Gender Dysphoria
One of the most disappointing, and frankly manipulative, charges made by contemporary trans activists against critics of their ideology is the reflexive accusation: “You just hate trans people.”
As someone trained in the Anglo-American ana...
The Grammar of Desire: Why Beauty is Not a Social Construct
Yesterday, in a comment on Jamie Paul’s excellent essay looking back at how Cultural Left/Critical Theory perspectives have impoverished our view of morality regarding attraction, I mentioned that one of my objections to such ideas is that...
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A business ethicist/consultant trained in analytic philosophy, I use the tools of critical thinking to combat the illiberalisms of both right and left. Previously, I was a Unitarian minister and taught philosophy and logic. Tenho um coração luso.
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