PRESTWOOD COLUMN
01 Nov 2026
Philosophy
Paper
TST Moral Calibration: Legal, Moral, and Fair
TST Ethics
Law gives order, morality gives conscience, and fairness gives balance. None is enough alone. A legal action can still be wrong. A good decision asks whether an action is legal, moral, and fair.
Fri 27 Feb 2026
(8 months ago)
Updated 8 hours ago.
PRESTWOOD COLUMN
01 Nov 2026
History
FAQ
How are original Daoism, Mohism, Confucianism, and Legalism related?
Eastern Philosophy
Daoism emphasizes nature, Mohism balances nature and society, Confucianism harmonizes society, and Legalism brings authoritarianism.
Wed 30 Oct 2024
(2 years ago)
Updated 8 hours ago.
PRESTWOOD COLUMN
03 May 2026
Critical Thinking
Paper
TST Philosophy of History
Idea of Ideas
History is the empirical past. Historical writing is rational narrative that aligns with reality.
Tue 3 Mar 2026
(8 months ago)
Updated 1 day ago.
PRESTWOOD COLUMN
01 Apr 2026
THINK WELL
Paper
TST Theory of Belief: Justification, Credence, and Recalibration
Epistemology
To responsibly classify an idea and hold it, start by assigning it a category and then gather and evaluate evidence, establish your credence (your degree of belief), and calibrate with new data.
Sat 28 Feb 2026
(8 months ago)
Updated 1 day ago.
PRESTWOOD COLUMN
08 Apr 2026
Debut
Philosophy
Paper
TST Doxastic Formation: Public Belief, Tribe, and Worldview
Personal Belief
This is your life. Embrace the beliefs you understand and believe in, not just the beliefs you inherited.
Wed 8 Apr 2026
(7 months ago)
Updated 1 day ago.
PRESTWOOD COLUMN
25 Mar 2026
Philosophy
Paper
TST Theory of Truth: Reality-First Correspondence
TST Philosophy
What makes an idea true? Truth is successful alignment between our representations and a determinate, mind-independent reality.
Sun 1 Mar 2026
(8 months ago)
Updated 2 days ago.
PRESTWOOD COLUMN
01 Jul 2026
Critical Thinking
Paper
TST Philosophy of Fiction: Imaginative Realism
Philosophy of Fiction
Fiction is not created from nothing; it is the recombination of real impressions into imagined things.
Wed 1 Jul 2026
(4 months ago)
Updated 2 days ago.
PRESTWOOD COLUMN
11 Mar 2026
Philosophy
Paper
TST Metaphysics: The Split
TST Philosophy
The split separates our ideas and the material world. To live in harmony with nature, embrace the idea that our rational ideas must be internally coherent, but only empirical contact with reality justifies belief.
Sun 1 Mar 2026
(8 months ago)
Updated 2 days ago.
PRESTWOOD COLUMN
26 Feb 2025
Debut
Science
FAQ
Trivia: Did Einstein or Galileo discover the Relativity Principle?
Relativity
Thinking well means recognizing that discoveries build on earlier ideas. Galileo’s relativity principle led to Newton’s universal gravity which led to Einstein’s relativity.
Wed 26 Feb 2025
(2 years ago)
Updated 6 days ago.
PRESTWOOD COLUMN
01 Sep 2027
Science
FAQ
Does gravity travel, or does it exist everywhere all at once?
- Gravity does not travel.
- It's everywhere, all at once.
Effects of Gravity
When thinking well, the speed of light gives a lesson, gravity never waits; light can be delayed by matter. Thinking well means learning to distinguish what something is from how it behaves.
Wed 21 Aug 2024
(2 years ago)
Updated 6 days ago.
PRESTWOOD COLUMN
01 Sep 2027
Philosophy
FAQ
Was Einstein’s Theory of Relativity ever irrational?
Idea of Ideas
Remember, all your ideas start as speculation. Even Einstein’s theory of relativity began as an irrational idea: untested, uncertain, and waiting for reality to answer back.
Wed 31 Dec 2025
(10 months ago)
Updated 6 days ago.
PRESTWOOD COLUMN
01 Sep 2027
History
Story
Albert Einstein (1879 to 1955)
born 1879
Lived 1879 to 1955, aged 76.
Curiosity and Einstein
Einstein’s curiosity led him to question what others took for granted. Understanding that mass and energy are equivalent, Einstein changed gravity to the curvature of spacetime.
Sat 2 May 2026
(6 months ago)
Updated 6 days ago.