Convenient Friction

This blog chronicles my philosophical journey as a metaphysician and (in some sense?) pragmatist. Expect weekly short notes on social philosophy, metaphysics, and metaphilosophy. I also use the blog to highlight my latest talks, papers, and other professional events of interest. The RSS feed is here.

The title of this blog is inspired by Huw Price’s idea of truth as convenient friction.

 

Queering Philosophy II

Book
Queer Theory
Feminist Philosophy
Straight habits.
Apr 23, 2025

 

Queering Philosophy I

Book
Queer Theory
Feminist Philosophy
Philosophy and queer theory.
Apr 21, 2025

The Book Proposal Book

Book
Advice
Publishing
Writing a book? Read this.
Apr 16, 2025

Modern Fiction and Vagueness

Vagueness
Fiction
Book
Metaphilosophy
When modernism meets analytic philosophy.
Apr 14, 2025

Philosophical Progress, Finally

Metaphilosophy
Book
New results!
Apr 9, 2025

 

Strawson and Evans on Truth

Video
A discussion.
Apr 7, 2025

 

Social Scripts

Mind
Social Philosophy
Rules aren’t everything.
Mar 31, 2025

Neopragmatism

Pragmatism
Book
New work on neopragmatism.
Mar 31, 2025

 

Craving the Incomprehensible

Metaphilosophy
Does the public want philosophy to be a little obscure?
Mar 26, 2025

 

Social Aesthetic Goods

Aesthetics
Some aesthetics.
Mar 24, 2025

 

The Future of Philosophy? Part Deux

Short
More hope.
Mar 19, 2025

 

The Future of Philosophy?

Personal News
APA
The Profession
I’m on it, the committee anyway.
Mar 17, 2025

Childlike Philosophy

Book
Metaphysics
Metaphilosophy
What philosophers can learn from the kiddos.
Mar 12, 2025

Liberalism as a Way of Life by Alexandre Lefebvre

Book
Political Philosophy
Liberal culture, vindicated.
Mar 10, 2025

 

Creative Voice vs Critical Voice

Writing
Advice
Writing advice.
Mar 5, 2025

 

Brave New World Indeed

Pop Culture
Lessons from Captain America.
Mar 3, 2025

 

Whispers From Another World

Bertrand Russell
Biography
Bertrand Russell’s American.
Feb 26, 2025

 

Conceptual Engineering and Normative Functions

Conceptual Engineering
Language
How we ought to engineer concepts.
Feb 24, 2025

 

Fiction vs Philosophy

Fiction
Metaphilosophy
Fiction lovers love reading fiction. Professional philosophers hate reading philosophy. Why the asymmetry?
Feb 19, 2025

Derivative Indeterminacy

Metaphysics
My Research
The world is indeterminate but only derivatively so.
Feb 17, 2025

 

The Legitimation Crisis That Was Not to Be

Book
Metaphilosophy
Pragmatism
Richard Rorty
On the non-foundationalist tenor of analytic philosophy.
Feb 12, 2025

Impossible Worlds

Book
Metaphysics
A few new books.
Feb 10, 2025

Standpoint Epistemology

Social Epistemology
Epistemology
On the epistemic/practical distinction.
Feb 5, 2025

Social Goodness

Book Review
Social Ontology
Charlotte Witt’s Social Goodness is a must-read.
Feb 3, 2025

 

The Awesomeness Defense

Public Philosophy
Metaphilosophy
Why philosophy is valuable.
Jan 29, 2025

On Gaslighting by Kate Abramson

Epistemology
Non-Ideal Epistemology
An excerpt.
Jan 27, 2025

Big Picture Metaphysics

Metaphysics
Metaphilosophy
A throwback to the old school metaphysicians.
Jan 22, 2025

Idealism is Back, Baby!

Metaphysics
Idealism in philosophy is making a return.
Jan 20, 2025

Carnap’s Aesthetics

Aesthetics
Metaphilosophy
Early Analytic
Does mood affect philosophical writing? Part two.
Jan 15, 2025

Philosophizing From a Haunted House

Aesthetics
Metaphilosophy
Does mood affect philosophical writing? Part one.
Jan 13, 2025

Eastern APA 2025, Public Philosophy, and Rational Persuasion

Conference
Metaphilosophy
Why the better argument might prevail, after all.
Jan 8, 2025

Two Social Philosophy Conferences

Conferences
News
I’m organizing two conferences this year. If you do social philosophy or ontology, consider submitting something to one of them!
Jan 6, 2025

 

Blogging and Speed Dating

Blog News
Why I started this blog.
Jan 1, 2025
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