A blog by Dennis Hackethal applying Popperian epistemology to questions of knowledge, truth, science and rationality. Posts argue for specific positions, such as treating epistemology as programming and rethinking the purpose of experimental controls.
Website: https://libertythroughreason.com/
Short philosophical essays that use ideas from science, game theory and social dynamics to examine how simplification, collective behavior and hidden assumptions shape human understanding. Each issue builds a single counterintuitive argument, such as Braess's paradox or pluralistic ignorance, and draws broader conclusions about civilization.
A philosophical newsletter on learning and problem-solving, framed through Popperian and Deutsch-style ideas about hard-to-vary explanations and problem-situations. Issues pose problems and offer conjectures about how people learn hard things deeply.
Reflective essays on knowledge, uncertainty, mathematics, art and technology, blending philosophy with science and literary references. Readers get thoughtful long-form pieces on how we know things and how we judge claims.
Long-form philosophical essays exploring how truth, belief, language and power work in society. Issues build step by step from first principles, such as a multi-part series defining power and an essay on how words become instruments of truth and power.
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