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Microglyphics
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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.
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Why Better Political Arguments Don't Win
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February 4, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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New on SubStack: The Grammar of Impasse
Overviews of these 2 essays.
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The Grammar of Impasse
Two Essays
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February 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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2 new essays, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞:
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2. 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 argues that even where disagreement is genuine, political explanation increasingly focuses on beliefs and values while missing the structural conditions.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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2 new essays, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞:
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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.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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First in a series where Claude analyses the Two Valleys parable from various perspectives. To be continued…
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Comrade Claude (1) – Anti-Enlightenment
This post is part of a series that showcases a dialogue I had with Claude based on the parable of the desert- and lake-dwellers. Audio: NotebookLM summary podcast of this topic This is obviously an…
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February 4, 2026 at 6:09 AM
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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.
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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
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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.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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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.
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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
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Part 2 of a triptych modern parable on a divided culture no longer divided by geography.

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The Tunnel (Or: How Modernity Solves Precisely Nothing)
This is a continuation of a prior narrative. But wait—surely someone will object—what if we just built a tunnel? Remove the barrier! Enable free movement! Let people see both sides! Markets will eq…
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February 2, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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Je m'accuse. I grievously squandered a Saturday, rendering a parable about communication. Claude did the heavy lifting.
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Two Valleys Diverged in a Mountain Range
(Or: What I Learned When I Learned Nothing) Two valleys diverged in a mountain range, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveller, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To w…
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February 1, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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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.
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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
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Accidental ontologist. 🧐 I am madly working on a couple of new ontology books.
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As a follow-up to A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis, I noticed that the challenge is deeper than language.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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What sorcery is this? 🪄 I often catch myself typing 'anough' for 'enough'.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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Quantum mechanics may not be strange at all. What fails is a childhood heuristic we quietly promoted to metaphysics.
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The Expiration Date of Object Permanence
There is a persistent story we tell ourselves about quantum mechanics:* that it reveals reality to be fundamentally strange, paradoxical, or hostile to common sense. Particles in two places at once…
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January 25, 2026 at 6:22 AM
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I keep discovering that deflationary philosophy attracts mystics like moths to a freshly cleared void, so I wrote about it.
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Why Deflationary Philosophy Keeps Attracting Mystics
The struggle is real. There is an odd occupational hazard that comes with writing deflationary philosophy: mystics keep turning up to thank you for your service. This is always mildly bewildering. …
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January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Moral Psychology: Solution Proposals Having read Jonathan Haidt's Righteous Mind, George Lakoff's Moral Politics and Don't Think of an Elephant, Kurt Grays' Outrage!, and Joshua Greene's Moral Tribes,...
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January 24, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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Reality Happens Once. Facts Happen Many Times. The polysemy of 'facts' introduces category errors. Not all facts are created equal.
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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
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The trouble with facts is that they cannot be directly observed.
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The Trouble with Facts
One Motor Vehicle What we call facts are not discoveries of an unfiltered world. They are the end-products of mediation. Let’s walk through an example. Image: Autosmash example. An observer arrives…
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January 22, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Humans are not rational moral agents.
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January 21, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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Modernity likes to paint Nietzsche as a nutjob responsible for the rise of the Nazis, but he's always just been the messenger.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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I critique top moral psychology and adjacent books. These books do an excellent job of explaining that humans are inherently irrational…
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…then they advise: Be rational. 🧐
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January 21, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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I had NotebookLM create a podcast summary of a video on moral psychology interventions. Blog post to follow.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:28 AM