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What Should Philosophy Do?: A Theory

What Should Philosophy Do?: A Theory

Steven Yates argues that philosophy should identify, clarify, and evaluate worldviews, noting their role in conversations that drive civilizations.

2021

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Relationships: the Path to Contentment in Troubled Times

What I realized at a birthday party for my 95-year-old mother-in-law.

Sep 26

Relationships: the Path to Contentment in Troubled Times

Sep 26

Steven Yates

How to Destroy a Civilization

Or at least enslave it. In 10 easy steps….

Sep 18

How to Destroy a Civilization

Sep 18

Steven Yates

We Boomers….

Younger generations say we screwed up the world. We weren’t better, or worse, than other generations. We made mistakes, but we’ve learned a…

Jul 1

We Boomers….

Jul 1

Steven Yates

How to Drop the God/Atheism Debate

The reason such debates go nowhere, and what to do instead.

May 28

How to Drop the God/Atheism Debate

May 28

Steven Yates

A Stoic Case Against Censorship

We‘re definitely in an age of censorship. There’s not much hard censorship, I’ll call it. Not in the U.S., anyway, where almost no unwanted…

May 7

A Stoic Case Against Censorship

May 7

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Stoicism and the Gap

That all-important interval between an event and your reaction.

Apr 23

Stoicism and the Gap

Apr 23

Steven Yates

Why Abortion Bans Backfire

We need a different sort of conversation.

Apr 15

Why Abortion Bans Backfire

Apr 15

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The Questionable Quest for Certainty

Philosophy: was the Cartesian effort either possible or desirable?

Mar 26

The Questionable Quest for Certainty

Mar 26

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Tucker Carlson’s Cure for Stress and Key to Happiness

One of the most hated men in media suffers zero stress because of it. Here’s why.

Mar 5

Tucker Carlson’s Cure for Stress and Key to Happiness

Mar 5

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H.P. Lovecraft, Cosmic Horror, and Current Cosmology

Should the Big Bang scare you? Let’s find out.

Nov 18, 2023

H.P. Lovecraft, Cosmic Horror, and Current Cosmology

Nov 18, 2023

Steven Yates

Steven Yates

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I am the author of What Should Philosophy Do? A Theory. I write about philosophy (especially the Stoics), health and systems, and the future if we have one.

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