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July 13, 2021

What it Means to be Part of Society

July 13, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger
What it Means to be Part of Society

The functions of society, social facts, and the collective life according to Emile Durkheim.

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July 13, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger/
Society, Self
Sociology, Philosophy, Psychology
June 30, 2021

A Better Way to Handle Disagreements: Mapmaking

June 30, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger
A Better Way to Handle Disagreements: Mapmaking

If you don’t know everything, you ought to give this conflict resolution technique a try. Meet in the woods, pull out a piece of paper, learn everything you can about the woods from the other, and leave with a fuller map of reality than when you started.

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June 30, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger/
Relationships
Philosophy, Conflict
June 24, 2021

Why We Defend Our Perspectives

June 24, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger
Why We Defend Our Perspectives

It’s about more than being right — it’s about survival.

The philosophy of desire, intellectual value systems, and resisting change.

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June 24, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger/
Self
Perspective, Philosophy
May 17, 2021

An Outrageous Proposal for Ending Arguments

May 17, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger
An Outrageous Proposal for Ending Arguments

Two perspectives walk into a room — do they compete or collaborate?

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May 17, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger/
Self
Philosophy
May 17, 2021

Putting Our Perspectives in Their Proper Place

May 17, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger
Putting Our Perspectives in Their Proper Place

Our Perspectives Are a Problem — What Ought We Do With Them?

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May 17, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger/
Self
Philosophy
May 17, 2021

Are You Certain?

May 17, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger
Are You Certain?

The nature of perspective, epistemology, and why we might not know everything.

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May 17, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger/
Self
Philosophy
January 21, 2021

The (Old) Debate on Change

January 21, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger
The (Old) Debate on Change

Musings on the possibility of change through some old philosophers.

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January 21, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger/
Self
Change, Philosophy
January 15, 2021

Philosophy & Ethics are Dance Partners

January 15, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger
Philosophy & Ethics are Dance Partners

The Examined Life, Part II

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January 15, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger/
Self
Philosophy, Ethics
January 12, 2021

Philosophy, Ethics, & the Examined Life

January 12, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger
Philosophy, Ethics, & the Examined Life

There is an interdependence between theory and behavior; intellect and living well.


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January 12, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger/
Self
Philosophy, Ethics
January 05, 2021

Metaphysics & the Mundane

January 05, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger
Metaphysics & the Mundane

Religion, science, and the real flaw when talking about “God”

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January 05, 2021/ Tyler Kleeberger/
Society
theology, Philosophy
September 28, 2020

Why Do Leaves Change Color?

September 28, 2020/ Tyler Kleeberger
Why Do Leaves Change Color?

A lesson from children about etiology, phenomenology, epistemology, and learning ethics from nature.

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September 28, 2020/ Tyler Kleeberger/
Society, Ecosystem
Philosophy, Metanarrative

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