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Kurt Keefner
Mar 166 min read
“Self-Esteem” and Narcissism
Is the Objectivist concept of self-esteem partly to blame for the current wave of narcissism?
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Kurt Keefner
Nov 15, 20232 min read
Talk => Talk => Talk
We usually know what we're going to say before we say it. It's not so obvious how that works..
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Kurt Keefner
Apr 11, 20213 min read
To Choose Wonder
Plato and Aristotle agreed that philosophy starts in wonder, but wonder is a much broader feeling than what they meant. There is...
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Kurt Keefner
Jun 12, 202011 min read
Brave New Us
Despite the differences we are tending in the direction of Huxley's hedonistic dystopia.
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Kurt Keefner
May 15, 20209 min read
The Bust of Caesar
Some characters are perfectly realized without being merely allegorical.
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Kurt Keefner
Apr 10, 20202 min read
Announcing Killing Cool
Essays on authenticity. And vampires. And hugs. And musicians.
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Kurt Keefner
May 5, 20187 min read
Is That Even a Thing?
Down the rabbit hole, but hopefully not into the echo chamber, with today's mental metaphors.
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Kurt Keefner
Mar 15, 20181 min read
Free Will Defended
Announcing my rebuttal to Sam Harris' erroneous views on the subject of free will.
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Kurt Keefner
May 8, 201425 min read
John Galt, Alternative Christ
My thesis is that John Galt, hero of Ayn Rand's magnum opus Atlas Shrugged, can be regarded as an "alternative Christ." An alternative...
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Kurt Keefner
Jul 14, 20122 min read
New York Times Review of Sam Harris’ Free Will
A review of Sam Harris' book that turns inevitably toward the kind of nihilism of "scientific" determinism.
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