This is an essay explaining Harm OCD. A common, but little-known, form of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) that makes sufferers afraid that they are a danger to themselves, or to others. This ar…| DePonySum
I’ve put out a new book in beta form- and it’s free. Topics covered include death, mercy, knowledge, power, rhetoric, OCD, philosophy of language, the nature of belief, and questions that wake you …| DePonySum
NOTE: These days this is not my main blog. My main blog is a (free) Substack. You can check it out here: I can’t explain, the state that I’m in, the state of my heart, he was my best friend. -Sufja…| DePonySum
Materialism is roughly a view which places special emphasis on economic conditions- production, exchange, and consumption in the analysis of society. Materialism about power then is the view that s…| DePonySum
I’ll keep updating this blog for now, but not forever. Come join us over at Substack:| DePonySum
The difficulty with writing aphorisms is that you’ve got to find a rare enough insight not to be trivial, but self-evident enough that merely stating it is persuasive. Aphorisms are innately …| DePonySum
I recently read Sarah Manguso’s “300 arguments”- a series of 300 aphorisms by the author. A lot of the aphorisms were extremely good, some were things I’d expect any moderat…| DePonySum
Introduction I wrote my honours thesis on experimental philosophy, almost a decade ago. I then went on unsuccessfully attempt a PhD. My feeling at the time was a feeling common to many philosophy u…| DePonySum
I think that everyone has unanswered questions that bug them. Recently though, I’ve been making a point of jotting them down. I’ve begun to realize how many of these thoughts are reoccu…| DePonySum
Please don’t hate me for this one. I don’t think I’m better than other people. I’m just laying out in blunt terms what others have tiptoed around. The problem I want to spell something out in this …| DePonySum
