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Being pluralistic about philosophical pessimism (Part 2)

Being pluralistic about philosophical pessimism (Part 2)

Posted on 31 March 2025 by

In part one, I argued that the conceptual core of pessimism is the twin judgments that the human condition is very bad and likely to remain so. However, this does […]

Being pluralistic about philosophical pessimism (Part 1)

Being pluralistic about philosophical pessimism (Part 1)

Posted on 17 March 2025 by

There are many vernacular senses of pessimism. Familiar images of half-empty glasses go with elaborate talk of ours as ‘the worst possible world’. Pessimistic people might be praised as resolute […]

On Hope and Despair (Part II)

On Hope and Despair (Part II)

Posted on 13 May 2024 by

In the previous post, I raised the possibility that people can hope without hope, that is, hope for things that they simultaneously despair or feel unhopeful about. Far from being […]

On Hope and Despair (Part I)

On Hope and Despair (Part I)

Posted on 29 April 2024 by

In today’s world, it is not difficult to find something to despair about: Climate change, mass shootings, wars, reproductive rights, racism, social and economic inequality, and politics, just to name […]