Sitemap - 2023 - Wondering Freely
Imagining green revolutions and freeing ourselves from zero-sum thinking
Advice for our time from Candide's closing lines: "We must cultivate our garden"
A piece for Newton Day: Jacques Gallot's Chaconne for Newton's comet
Seventeenth-century music, philosophy, and science: in search for a baroque aesthetic
Tell them I've had a wonderful life
The philosophizing factory worker
How cognitive technology can help us achieve cosmic harmony: thoughts from the Xunzi
Giovanni Zamboni's Grave from his 11th sonata for archlute
On studying Chinese (and other Asian) philosophy as a person of Asian heritage
Shall the epistemically meek inherit the earth?
Philosophical friends and epistemic partiality in friendship
The Purpose of Twitter and the case for leaving
Illustrated edition of Margaret Cavendish, the Blazing-world, 1666
Facing the cold truth with Mr Klein
"This is life now", the shining wires of covid denialism
Networking: the good, the bad, and the tacky
It's okay to be an inefficient writer
Aging gracefully (?) with Zhuangzi
Bigoted views in our philosophical heroes: the case of Spinoza's misogynistic views
The richness of reason part 3: Not so fast -- Margaret Cavendish against the techno-optimists
What's the use of metaphysics?
The richness of reason part II -- Fontenelle's case for STEM education for women and girls
The Richness of Reason - part 1: for Marin Mersenne, all music is math rock
Sweat, pain, and death -- A father's day post on what beautiful architecture requires
Letter to Robin Waldun, on reviving the early modern tradition of philosophical letter writing
Blessedness and the Zen road to affluence
Own voice, AI, and authenticity
Be cautious! On writing philosophy on culture wars topics
Some philosophy of science reflections on Sabine Hossenfelder's video on trans kids