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Language philosopher and dribs and drabs. http://philosophics.blog
I write speculative fiction under the name Ridley Park and dabble in generative AI with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, ElevenLabs, and Midjourney.
February 4, 2026 at 8:46 PM
New on SubStack: The Grammar of Impasse
Overviews of these 2 essays.
brywillis634737.substack.com/p/the-gramma...
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The Grammar of Impasse
Two Essays
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February 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
2 new essays, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
2. 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 argues that even where disagreement is genuine, political explanation increasingly focuses on beliefs and values while missing the structural conditions.
#philosophy #essay #politics #writing #theory #conflict
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 AM
2 new essays, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 argues that much of what appears as left–right conflict is variation within a closed Enlightenment repertoire that constrains what can be thought and argued.
#philosophy #essay #politics #writing #theory #conflict
February 4, 2026 at 6:38 AM
As a heterodox thinker, I notice a similar apophatic misalignment as atheists (which is also why atheism isn't a religion). I lay out why heterodox connexions don't tend to last. It's a feature, not a bug.
philosophics.blog/2026/02/03/o...
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On Heterodoxy, Near-Misses, and the Comfort of Saying ‘Not This’
I recently encountered a kindred soul on Mastodon – figuratively, metaphorically, and within the usual constraints of online encounter – and it prompted a familiar line of thought. This is not the …
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February 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Data and information are never neutral. This book should be required reading for all statisticians, data scientists, and 'if you can't measure it, you can't manage it' cohorts.
👉️ www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
#philosopy #socialscience #reading #books #statistics #Enlightenment #perspective
February 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Using the parables of the valley, I look at extraction by proximity. I look at how a Modernist lens creates exploitation of neighbours in a critical experiment.
philosophics.blog/2026/02/03/a...
#philosophy #economics #extraction #justice #contracts #morality #ontology #progress #blog #podcast
Assessment: How Cohabitation Becomes Extraction
And now for something completely different… This post begins a series in which Claude evaluates the parable. This allows me the time to write whilst sharing critical philosophical content. I expect…
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February 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I've long considered the connexion of Law and Morality to be weak and tenuous. After listening to this survival-cannibalism-on-the-high-seas story by Judge Coleridge in 1870.
philosophics.blog/2026/01/31/w...
#philosophy #psychology #law #morality #blog #video #society #justice #politics #history
Why So Serious?
Yes, I am still focusing on writing my ontology papers, but I still come up for air. Over lunch, I found this: Jonny Thomson showcasing Judge Coleridge: The Duty. Watch it. Video: Philosophy Minis:…
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January 31, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Accidental ontologist. 🧐 I am madly working on a couple of new ontology books.
👉 philosophics.blog/2026/01/30/o...
As a follow-up to A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis, I noticed that the challenge is deeper than language.
#writing #philosophy #psychology #hiatus #focus #blog #podcast
Ontological Blindness in Modern Moral Science
Announcement: I’ll be taking a break from posting long-form articles for a while to focus on a project I’m developing. Instead, I’ll share progress summary updates. Ontological Bl…
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January 30, 2026 at 6:13 AM
To tell the truth, I just posted an essay on the truth. Many philosophers have written about Truth over the years, but truth is just a tool.
philosophics.blog/2026/01/29/t...
#philosophy #truth #essay #blog #podcast #philosophyoflanguage #epistemology #metaphysics #tools #pragmatism
Truth After Deflation: Why ‘Truth’ Refuses to Behave
I’ve long had a problem with Truth – or at least the notion of it. It gets way too much credit for doing niot much at all. For a long time now, philosophers have agreed on something uncomfort…
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January 29, 2026 at 5:50 AM
I recently shared a post calling out mystics, trying to fill spaces I deflate, but I am self-aware enough that I can be guilty, too.
philosophics.blog/2026/01/28/w...
#philosophy #language #refusal #metaphysics #ritual #performance #blog #podcast #deflation #maslow #critique #problemssolving
When Deflation Becomes Ritual
I recently shared a post calling out mystics, trying to fill spaces I deflate, but I am self-aware enough that I can be guilty, too. I worry about Maslow’s Law of the Instrument. Deflationary…
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January 28, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I use AI for early peer review. I use it extensively for research and recommendations. I also use it for alpha and beta reads. I wrote about it.
philosophics.blog/2026/01/27/u...
#philosophy #writing #quality #qa #process #workflow #review #peerreview #blog #podcast #advice #tips #howto #tricks
Using Generative AI as Early Peer Review
Cheap Adversaries, Outsourced Ego, and Engineered Critique ← ChatGPT is obsessed with subtitles. There is a peculiar anxiety around admitting that one uses generative AI in serious intellectual wor…
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January 27, 2026 at 1:17 PM
What sorcery is this? 🪄 I often catch myself typing 'anough' for 'enough'.
👉https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/26/enough-anough-and-the-archaeology-of-small-mistakes/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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January 26, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Reality Happens Once. Facts Happen Many Times. The polysemy of 'facts' introduces category errors. Not all facts are created equal.
👉️ philosophics.blog/2026/01/23/r...
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Reality Happens Once. Facts Happen Many Times.
I want to clarify my recent The Trouble with Facts post. I realise that I was speaking to one non-trivial form of facts, but there is more than one class of facts. We argue about facts as if the wo…
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January 23, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Humans Are Not Rational Moral Agents #philosophyoflanguage
YouTube video by Philosophics
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January 21, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Modernity likes to paint Nietzsche as a nutjob responsible for the rise of the Nazis, but he's always just been the messenger.
philosophics.blog/2026/01/21/m...
#politics #power #philosophy #psychology #wef #economics #fiction #perspective #law #language #truth #education #video #blog #podcast
January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I critique top moral psychology and adjacent books. These books do an excellent job of explaining that humans are inherently irrational…
👉 philosophics.blog/2026/01/21/m...
…then they advise: Be rational. 🧐
#philosophy #philosophy #rationality #morality #politics #blog #podcast #essay #video #books
January 21, 2026 at 5:14 AM
I had NotebookLM create a podcast summary of a video on moral psychology interventions. Blog post to follow.
open.spotify.com/episode/65d2...
#philosophy #psychology #podcast #morality #communication #language #cognition #reasoning #enlightenment #books #reading #critique #bookreview
January 21, 2026 at 4:28 AM