A really compelling autobiographical account by my friend Pouya of the role a work of art can in building and sustaining character and motivation (even in the worst circumstances). And a reminder of how special a film Ratatouille is.

Here’s a map of arguments that unfounded (or arbitrarily asserted) propositions aren’t “possible” (in the epistemological sense of that term: app.reasonspace.com/arguments/4e99…

Continuing with the maps from my Intro to Philosophy course: Here’s a map of the foundations of knowledge according to Descartes (including the Cartesian circle): app.reasonspace.com/submaps/fbf984…

Here’s another Cartesian map arguing from Foundationalism that we need to argue our way out of our own heads. (Objections are also mapped.): app.reasonspace.com/arguments/811b…

Here’s Descartes’ “Hot Wax” argument for nativism: app.reasonspace.com/arguments/8331…

Arguments from Locke that the idea of God is not innate: app.reasonspace.com/arguments/d26f…

A thought experiment to demonstrate why no demographic shift would lead to anything like single-party rule in the US. Pick which ever party you like less and imagine that 30% of its voters (selected at random) simply disappeared, with the result that the party no longer had any