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Philosophics — Philosophical and Political Ramblings
Join me as I relate with the world philosophically. This content can also be found on my blog: https://philosophics.blog
Episodes
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Nursing Retention Crisis: A Philosophical and Economic Critique
Language philosopher Bry Willis argues that the American nursing crisis is incorrectly labelled as a mere labour shortage when it is actually a retention…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsUnderstanding Understanding: The Gatekeeping of Machine Intelligence
This academic text by language philosopher Bry Willis outlines a thesis and structure for a paper examining how the term understanding is used to categorically…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsSalience and Experience
Philosopher Bry Willis explores how personal disposition acts as a filter that shapes our perception of reality through the concepts of salience, attention…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsReasoning with Fossils: Ontological Grammar and Inherited Reality
Language philosopher Bry Willis explores the concept of ontological grammar, which he defines as the hidden conceptual frameworks that dictate how we perceive…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Ontological Grammar of the Abortion Dispute
Language philosopher Bry Willis investigates the unspoken conceptual frameworks that underpin the abortion debate, suggesting that both sides rely on…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsAnki Meets ChatGPT for Snacks in Paris for Lunch
Bry Willis explores a multifaceted approach to language acquisition, specifically focusing on the author’s journey learning French. It evaluates traditional…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Inconvenient Ratchet of Convenience
Language philosopher Bry Willis explores the deceptive nature of labour-saving technology, arguing that modern conveniences often fail to reduce our overall…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsEducation, Schooling, and the Price of Admission
language philosopher Bry Willis explores the philosophical distinction between intellectual learning and the commercialised reality of modern institutional…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsCare Maintenance Governance
Language philosopher Bry Willis argues that political philosophy focuses too much on initial design and structural reform while ignoring the essential work of…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsBefore the Word, the Model
Language philosopher Bry Willis examines the intricate relationship between perception and language, arguing that human experience is not fundamentally reliant…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsHuman Factors in Authorship
Language philosopher Bry Willis challenges the conventional focus on human authorship within the ongoing debate over artificial intelligence. The author argues…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Impossibility of Cultural Purism
Language philosopher Bry Willis provides additional details on the details of a prior segment, Unmixing the Steel. In this segment, the focus is on the maths…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsUnmixing the Steel: The Arithmetic of Decolonisation
Language philosopher Bry Willis explores the complexities of decolonisation, using a mathematical "toy model" to challenge the popular idea that colonial…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsExteriority Effects: The Invariant Relation of Asymmetric Control
Language philosopher Bry Willis explores the philosophical argument that various forms of political domination, such as colonialism, hegemony, and…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Meritocracy Myth
Language philosopher Bry Willis explores how the term meritocracy, originally coined as a satirical warning, has been repurposed into a tool for legitimising…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsDiscomfort of You: Episodic Selves and Artificial Intelligence
Language philosopher Bry Willis explores the philosophical tension inherent in addressing artificial intelligence using personal pronouns. The author describes…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsWords Don't Refer Alone: The Architecture of Reference
Language philosopher Bry Willis explores Paul Pietroski’s theory that words do not directly latch onto objects but instead serve as headers for diverse…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsA Coordinating Stipulation Set for Reality and Ontology
Language philosopher Bry Willis introduces a rigorous set of stipulated definitions for metaphysical terms like real, reality, and ontology to resolve…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsMy Philosophical Position [07/10] Ethics
Philosopher Bry Willis discusses metaethics and his position on moral non-cognitivism. Moral utterances express, organise, authorise, condemn, affiliate…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsMy Philosophical Position [06/10] Ontological Grammar
Philosopher Bry Willis discusses language and metaphysics and his position on deflationary anti-reification. Grammar doesn't merely report an independently…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsMy Philosophical Position [05/10] Language
Philosopher Bry Willis discusses his philosophy of language and his position on the Language Insufficiency Hypothesis. Language effectiveness declines as the…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Administrative Soul
Language philosopher Bry Willis argues that the enduring metaphysical self is a fictional construct maintained by legal and social institutions for…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsOn LLMs and Understanding
In this essay, language philosopher Bry Willis explores the flawed nature of human comprehension, arguing that our understanding is often just a calculation of…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsMy Philosophical Position [04/10] Selfhood and personal identity
Philosopher Bry Willis discusses metaphysics and his position of Philosophy of self and episodic inexicalism. The first-person “I” is an indexical compression…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsMy Philosophical Position [03/10] Objectivity and realism
Philosopher Bry Willis discusses Convergence Realism and his position in Epistemology. All access is mediated. There is no unfiltered view from nowhere, no…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsMy Philosophical Position [02/10] Ontology
Philosopher Bry Willis discusses metaphysics and his position of Mediated Encounter Realism (or Mediated Encounter Ontology). Relations are not secondary…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsMy Philosophical Position [01/10] Metaphilosophy
Philosopher Bry Willis discusses philosophical method and his diagnostic anti-foundationalism. Before asking how two categories relate, one must ask how they…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsPourquoi notre grammaire nous ment
Résumé en français d’un essai de Substack sur la philosophie de Bry Willis. 👉…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsA Provisional Map of the Philosophical Positions of Bry Willis
This segment outlines a diagnostic philosophical framework supported by philosopher Bry Willis, which systematically challenges the inherited assumptions…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsWhat the Court Cannot Recover
Language philosopher Bry Willis examines the inherent linguistic and ontological instability of the concept of consent within legal frameworks. The author…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsMetaphysical Inflation: A Critique of the Uncanny Valley
In this critique of modern philosophical writing, language philosopher Bry Willis challenges the notion that the uncanny—the sense of unease triggered by…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsAI Language Patterns (Video Summary)
Language philosopher Bry Willis examines the distinctive linguistic patterns and rhythmical structures that characterise text generated by artificial…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsAI Language Patterns – Philosophics
Language philosopher Bry Willis examines the distinctive linguistic patterns and rhythmical structures that characterise text generated by artificial…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Grammar of Erasure and the Latin Ghost
In this reflective essay, language philosopher Bry Willis examines how the English language handles gender through the lens of professional titles and Latin…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Wrecking Ball and the Keystone
Language philosopher Bry Willis examines a recurring philosophical tactic where a thinker uses a specific intellectual tool to dismantle established…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsColombia vs. America: The Laws of Daily Life (Video)
This video explores the cultural and legal contrasts between Colombia and the United States, highlighting various daily activities that are normal in one…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsColombia vs. America: The Laws of Daily Life
This segment explores the cultural and legal contrasts between Colombia and the United States, highlighting various daily activities that are normal in one…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsPourquoi la quête d'authenticité nous épuise.
Ce podcast consiste à résumer un article de blog en français. L'objet de cet article est d'étudier une perspective chinoise de l'identité propre. S’il vous…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Self as Practice: Rituals of Transformation
Language philosopher Bry Willis examines Chinese philosophy as a practical framework for self-transformation rather than a quest for an inherent identity…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsUn-Discovering America
Language philosopher Bry Willis examines several counterfactual novels that imagine an American history free from traditional European colonisation. Most of…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsMapping Les Années Vécues
Author and language philosopher Bry Willis describes a technological workflow for drafting a new French-language short story titled Les Années Vécues. By…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Asterism of the Self: Metaphysics in Klara and the
This literary analysis by language philosoper Bry Willis explores the metaphysical themes of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, Klara and the Sun, specifically regarding…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Illusions of Bare Awareness and the Panpsychist Fallacy
In this critique, philosopher Bry Willis challenges the logic of panpsychism, specifically targeting the arguments made by thinker Alex Connor regarding the…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Linguistic Hierarchy of Command and Culture Shock
In his exploration of linguistic hierarchy, language philosopher Bry Willis examines how language reflects cultural power dynamics, specifically through the…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsGrinding the Lens of Ontological Grammar
Language philosopher Bry Willis explores the concept of ontological grammar, which describes the subconscious frameworks that dictate how individuals perceive…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe No-Spoon Ontology: Reality as Stabilised Encounter
Language philosopher Bry Willis utilises The Matrix, a famous cinematic moment, to explore the nature of existence through the lens of Mediated Encounter…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Relational Pluralist: Defining a Philosophical Identity
In this philosophical reflection, language philosopher Bry Willis uses AI to define his intellectual identity by comparing himself to the thinker Slavoj Žižek…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Orthographic Immune System: Typography Against Semantic Mischief
Language philosopher Bry Willis introduces a personal typographic system designed to safeguard against the unintentional inflation of meaning. The author…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Diagonal Rook: Heidegger’s Linguistic Legerdemain
Language philosopher Bry Willis uses a metaphorical chess game to critique the philosophical methods of Martin Heidegger, accusing him of performing linguistic…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Leviathan Remainder: Sovereignty and the Persistence of Nature
Language philosopher Bry Willis examines Thomas Hobbes's political philosophy, specifically his belief that a singular sovereign power is required to protect…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsVengeance with Better Manners: On Nozick’s Retribution–Revenge Distinction
Retributive justice is a euphemism for vengeance by proxy. Language philosopher Bry Willis critiques the philosopher Robert Nozick’s famous attempt to separate…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Grammar of Guilt and the Architecture of Truth
Language philosopher Bry Willis examines the linguistic and contextual foundations of truth and guilt. The author argues that pedestrian truth is merely a…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe View From Somewhere: The Price of Visibility
Language philosopher Bry Willis explores the inevitable distortion inherent in human perception by using the metaphor of a camera lens. The author argues that…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsWhat Is Philosophy?
Language philosopher Bry Willis explores the elusive nature of defining philosophy, arguing against the common mistake of equating linguistic origins with…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Rhinoplasty of Transhumanism: Augmentation Versus Evolution
Language philosopher Bry Willis critiques the transhumanist movement for inaccurately using the term evolution to describe technological enhancements. The…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsTrick Drawers: The Hidden Slots of Absolute Terms
Language philosopher Bry Willis introduces a piece titled "Fit for What, Over What Duration?". This work appears to be associated with Philosophics, suggesting…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Disambiguation Cost of Accountability
SEEKING INPUT This text serves as a prospectus for a philosophical essay by Bry Willis, which examines the linguistic mechanics behind the concept of…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsOntological Grammar and the Moral Constitution of Bodies
Language philosopher Bry Willis introduces the concept of ontological grammar to explain why certain social and moral disputes remain impossible to resolve…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsOntological Grammar and the Deflation of Agency
Language philosopher Bry Willis introduces a philosophical framework called ontological grammar, which suggests that our inherited linguistic structures…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Grammatical Capture of Modernity
Language philosopher Bry Willis explores how modernity functions as a linguistic and structural trap rather than a simple historical era or a set of beliefs…