Archive - Running Ideas

The meaning of mice

Thomas Nagel, in his famous essay, “The Absurd,” writes: Why is the life of a mouse not absurd? … because he lacks the capacities for self-consciousness…

Apr 18 •

March 2024

In my recent roundup, I recommended Cate Hall’s advice to be more agentic. In this post, I offer disjointed reflections on her idea of radical agency…

Mar 29 •

Good stuff on the internet

March 2024 edition

Mar 19 •

This is the first installment in my series, “Great people saying great things about Mozart.” (See my prelude.) Not everything great composers have said…

Mar 13 •

Why Philosophy? Nicolas Delon

Philosophy on the Run

Published on Why Philosophy? • Mar 12

February 2024

The greatest, prelude

Feb 28 •

What I've been up to

Rats, moral status, food, and persons

Feb 5 •

January 2024

A random list of good stuff

Jan 29 •

A tale of two fingers

Of Hume, Smith, and sympathy

Jan 16 •

Effective Altruism

Jan 12 •

June 2023

June 2023 newsletter

Things I've done, read, liked, and things I'll be doing

Jun 27, 2023 •

May 2023

New ideas running to you

Dear readers, I haven’t been writing much recently, I’m sorry. But I’m hoping to write a lot more in the coming weeks and months, with some important…

May 3, 2023 •

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