Archive - Running Ideas

The world is weird and wonderful

The world is weird and wonderful.

Jun 14 •

Good stuff I read, listened to or watched

Jun 5 •

May 2024

The cicada, the octopus, and the tortoise

Meaningful life histories

May 31 •

Mozart is the greatest, they say

In my last Mozart installment, I wrote:

May 30 •

New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness

Consciousness may be fake, and it may not matter all that much (also this), but you shouldn’t be too confident in either of those suspicions.

May 7 •

April 2024

The meaning of mice

Thomas Nagel, in his famous essay, “The Absurd,” writes:

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.)

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 •

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