I picked up Ten Philosophical Mistakes by Mortimer J. Adler because I was tired of watching smart conversations collapse into “it’s just opinion” or “science says so, end of story.” … Read more
We keep tripping over words—meaning, mind, rule, game—as if they were crystal-clear. They aren’t. Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein shows, patiently and often playfully, how philosophical confusion arises when language … Read more
Are we saying anything at all when we argue about God, the soul, or “the Good”? A.J. Ayer’s Language Truth and Logic tries to solve that problem by drawing a … Read more