An examination of Plato’s Cratylus and the debate over whether words are arbitrary conventions or natural expressions of the things they name.
Category Archives: English
Exploring Infinity: Paradoxes, Philosophical Implications, and the Principle of Sufficient Reason
A look at classical paradoxes of infinity and how they bear on the principle of sufficient reason and the question of causal termination.
Epistemology
A first pass at the question of what it means to know something, and why a satisfying answer is harder to reach than it appears.
Thoughts on the Definition of Existence
A comparison of two competing definitions of existence — one as a property things can have, the other as anything that can enter consciousness at all.
Shiro Sagisu’s Never Meant to Belong
A short essay on anime composer Shiro Sagisu’s score for Bleach, and what makes the piece ‘Never Meant to Belong’ work.
Internal Musings of a Wannabe Philosopher
An original philosophical dialogue written in the style of Plato, after a deep read of his work — with all the humility of a first attempt.
On Philosophy
A brief reflection on philosophy as the pursuit of knowledge and truth.
Autonomous Studies 