Rapid Fire

Basically a blog where I try to do philosophy outside.

Sep 6

SNEAK PEEK: Board Game Ethics

(Stick around for a sneak peek at my latest manifesto!) It’s been a busy week onboarding at Hopkins and continuing to get settled in...

Jul 19

Want a copy of my Dissertation?

I’ve spent most of this week driving 1500 miles and moving into my new place in Baltimore, so this is just a quick update. I’ve started...

Feb 2

My Dissertation, pt. 2

(Here’s part one btw.) We see this problem time and time again in the history of Western philosophy: We live in a society. (Surprise.)...

Dec 8, 2023

My Dissertation: pt. 1

For the past month, I’ve been running an experiment. I started going to two therapists so we can form a consensus. Weirdly, this is kind...

Dec 1, 2023

3 mistakes in Intro Philosophy

As finals approach, I’ve been hired as a grader for my advisor’s Intro Philosophy class. I love these classes, where we’re trying to give...

Oct 27, 2023

We’ve confused Intrinsic & Ultimate value and it’s been a Disaster

If you’ve happened to take a course in intro ethics, you might have heard of a classic distinction between instrumental and intrinsic...

Oct 13, 2023

Someone could get it Wrong

I had a really interesting conversation about art criticism this week. So here we go: What does it mean to be great at jazz? Look, I know...

Sep 22, 2023

On being taken Seriously

Now that I’m back in Bloomington for a while, everyone has a ton of advice on how to present myself on the academic job market so that...

Jun 30, 2023

I had to write a research statement about what I’m working on. Here’s my first draft.

Let me know what you think! I'm still figuring out how to summarize my research program and instill confidence I’ll be a “productive”...

Jun 9, 2023

Justice for Assholes (and why we need Utopias)

I’ve been putting together a syllabus called Utopias that draws from a bunch of fields (philosophy, literature, anthropology…) to try to...

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