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Steven Yates

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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

Stories

Stoicism and Politics

If you hate Trump, read this. If you love Trump, read this.

Nov 27

Stoicism and Politics

Nov 27

Why Trump Won

Some real “post-truth”: maybe it’s all just theater!

Nov 18

Why Trump Won

Nov 18

How to Know You’re Dealing with Someone Really Unintelligent

It still has nothing to do with anyone’s religion or politics.

Nov 11

How to Know You’re Dealing with Someone Really Unintelligent

Nov 11

My Former Neighbor Said She Saw a Ghost….

This is what she told me.

Oct 31

My Former Neighbor Said She Saw a Ghost….

Oct 31

How to Know You’re Dealing with Someone Really Intelligent

It has nothing to do with politics or religion.

Oct 28

How to Know You’re Dealing with Someone Really Intelligent

Oct 28

The Immortal Man: Reviewing John Nolte’s Borrowed Time

Suppose you were immortal. Would you be in heaven? Or hell?

Oct 16

The Immortal Man: Reviewing John Nolte’s *Borrowed Time*

Oct 16

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

How to Destroy a Civilization

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

Sep 18

How to Destroy a Civilization

Sep 18

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

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

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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