Abstraction – Hoping for Clarity

On the Problem of Abstractions

A prominent public intellectual, who happens to be a fellow countryman, has pursued a line of reasoning that I find – truthfully – rather problematic. Jordan B. Peterson has often defended various works of both mythology and fiction on the grounds that they (when “great”) reveal truths that are more ‘real’ than ‘life’ itself. AnContinue reading “On the Problem of Abstractions”

What Is ‘Knowledge’ and How Is It Known?

(Or The Folly of Philosophers) As is typical, the title of this post is much more grandiose than the conclusions that I will be able to come to by the end of the essay. What I intend here is a response to a specific problem that has floated about in philosophical circles, but I believeContinue reading “What Is ‘Knowledge’ and How Is It Known?”