Philosophy in the First Person
A manifesto for, demonstration of, and guide to writing philosophical personal essays. Emotion, humor, narrative and style: wouldn’t it be nice if we could bring those back into academic philosophy? But how? Here’s how.
(In progress.)
Related Essays
Help!
Are philosophy professors any use? The Point, 2023.
In Chinese.
What’s Your Philosophy of Life?
Or is that the wrong question? The Point, 2023.
The Meaning of Life
What’s it like to teach a class on the meaning of life while you’re having an existential crisis? The Point, 2023.
The Consolations of Analytic Philosophy
Is analytic philosophy like a therapist you don’t have to admit you’re seeing? The Point, 2023.
In Chinese.
Is Philosophy Absurd? Only When You’re Doing it Right
Just lean in. Aeon, 2018.
In Italian. In Portuguese.
The Philosophy of Shittiness
A review of Kieran Setiya’s Life is Hard. The Los Angeles Review of Books, 2022.
In Persian.
Doing Philosophy While Doing Time
A review of Andy West’s The Life Inside. The Philosopher, 2022.