Archive - Philosophy in Progress

Libertarians and Drug Legalization

Libertarians often argue that drug legalization would not lead to increased drug use.

Apr 18 • William F. Vallicella

Al-Ghazali on Choosing a Wife

Sage advice with a little help from Jimmy Soul

Apr 17 • William F. Vallicella

Tribalism and Diversity

Written August 2022. Thing have changed for the better with the election of DJT in 2024.

Apr 15 • William F. Vallicella

Lie or Exaggeration or Bullshit?

Politics in the Age of Bullshit

Apr 14 • William F. Vallicella

Old Age: Study as Pleasure and Prophylactic

Apr 10 • William F. Vallicella

Political Polarization in the Age of Trump

We are 'siloed' into our positions.

Apr 7 • William F. Vallicella

Paul Evdokimov on the Monastic and Marital States

Both involve renunciation; equally so?

Apr 4 • William F. Vallicella

Who Put the 'Man' in 'Manufacture'?

A congresswoman asked the question recently.

Apr 2 • William F. Vallicella

Habermas on the Judeo-Christian Origin of Equal Rights

Habermas in memoriam

Apr 1 • William F. Vallicella

March 2026

Maxims and Meta-Maxims

1) Live now: resist the tendency to bring the past into the present.

Mar 28 • William F. Vallicella

The Body: Temple or Amusement Park?

(Written in 2018)

Mar 19 • William F. Vallicella

Genuine Inquiry and Two Forms of Pseudo-Inquiry: Sham Inquiry and Fake Inquiry

In memory of Susan Haack

Mar 16 • William F. Vallicella

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