Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis

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June 2025

Engels and Marx as Philosophical Comrades
Engels is often treated as, at best, a kind of intellectual sidekick to Marx. But, as Sam Badger explains in this guest essay, Engels played a major…
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Jordan Peterson and the Murderer at the Door
In his "Jordan Peterson vs. 20 Atheists" Jubilee episode, Dr. Peterson was confronted with a classic challenge to Kantian ethics. His response…
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Michael Huemer's Unconvincing Case Against the Redistribution of Wealth
A few points about libertarian philosopher Michael Huemer's "charity mugger" and "hermit's spear" examples
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May 2025

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything: We're All Sellouts Now
A guest post by Jason Myles
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"Class Reductionism" is a Straw Man. So is "Class Abstractionism."
There are real debates to be had about the merits of class-first approaches to left politics. This isn't the way to have them.
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Thoughts on Christoph Schuringa’s "A Social History of Analytical Philosophy"
A guest post by Matt McManus
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History and Freedom in Marx and Cohen
Some thoughts on G.A. Cohen's defense of Marx's historical materialism, his normative case for socialism, and what's missing at the intersection of the…
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April 2025

Ben Shapiro as a Historian of Philosophy
A tour of Other Ben's takes on Hume, Kant, Hegel and Marx
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Philosophy for the Left
Some ways that philosophers can make themselves useful in the real world (if you're into that kind of thing)
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Douglas Murray's Theory of Knowledge
Should we defer to experts, or not? And do you gain expertise through war-tourism?
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Marx's Inferno: What William Clare Roberts Gets Right and Wrong About Capital
The book has many virtues. But Roberts twists himself into pretzels trying to explain away Marx's views on technological progress.
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