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July 2026
»Philosophy of Fiction
On Truth in Fiction
June 2026
»Spirituality
The Dawn of Secular Spirituality
May 2026
»Philosophy of History
Truth in History
22 Apr 2026
»Just War Theory
Trump, The pope, and Just War
15 Apr 2026
»Confidence
Confidence: When Truth Should Inspire Belief

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OVM | Spirituality
June 2026
»COLUMN ARCHIVE
Spirituality
Your spirituality does not have to disappear as science advances. It can mature by distinguishing shared empirical reality from personal meaning, faith, mystery, and the unknown.
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8 Apr 2026
»Personal Belief
On Personal and Group Belief
1 Apr 2026
»Belief
How Truth Relates to Belief
25 Mar 2026
»Truth
Why Truth Requires Reality
18 Mar 2026
»Worldview
Identity and Why Maga went Silent on the War
11 Mar 2026
»Metaphysics
Metaphysics: Remembering the Split
4 Mar 2026
»Science-first Philosophy
Science-First Philosophy: A Better Way to Live
25 Feb 2026
»Political Identity
Analysis of the Understanding MAGA Series
18 Feb 2026
»Models
Framework Models and How They Mislead
11 Feb 2026
»Authority
Weber, Authority, and Why Judgment Fails
4 Feb 2026
»Boundaries
Planck, MAGA, and the Edge of Communication
28 Jan 2026
»Law Enforcement
John Locke and the Limits of Law Enforcement
21 Jan 2026
»Societal Blindness
Copernicus, Societal Blindness, and Worldview
14 Jan 2026
»Eternal Recurrence
Nietzsche: If You Had to Live This Year Forever
7 Jan 2026
»Flux
Heraclitus and the Architecture of Change
Political Theory | Religion
22 Apr 2026
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Just War Theory
Situational ethics asks what we should do when no option feels morally clean, and Just War Theory is one of its clearest examples.
Published 3 months ago.
Updated 2 months ago.
Idea of Ideas | THINK WELL
15 Apr 2026
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Confidence
Belief should not rush ahead of support. A healthy worldview takes public truth seriously, trusts good authorities wisely, and still does the personal work of thinking things through.
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Idea of Ideas | TO LIVE WELL
8 Apr 2026
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Personal Belief
Confidence in ideas increases with alignment with reality — aligning with Popper, probability thinking, and intellectual humility.
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TO LIVE WELL
1 Apr 2026
»COLUMN ARCHIVE
Belief
Beliefs deserve confidence only when they are justified. Truth helps determine degree of confidence in public belief.
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Worldview
18 Mar 2026
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Worldview
People do not hold political views equally. Some beliefs sit at the outer rim and can bend when events change. Others sit at the core of identity.
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Updated 4 months ago.
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