June 2026 – PHILOSOPHICAL EGGS

264. A Plato-Inspired Argument Against Artificial Intelligence

Introduction Plato (427-347 BC), in his dialogue Timaeus, has his character Timaeus offer Socrates, Hemocrates, and Critias a “likely story” about how our cosmos, our orderly universe, came to be from a preexisting state of chaos. Near the beginning of… Read more ›

June 28, 2026

Dwight Goodyear

Metaphysics, The Soul, Truth

AI, inteiigence, soul, Timaeus

263. John Dewey on Wisdom as Conscientiousness

The word ‘philosophy’ literally means ‘love of wisdom’ (philia=love and sophia=wisdom). Thus a philosopher can be understood as someone who loves wisdom and who seeks it via the activity of philosophy which asks general and fundamental questions and seeks to… Read more ›

June 27, 2026

Dwight Goodyear

Morality

conscientiousness, John Dewey, wisdom

262. Experiencing daily cognitive dissonance? Admit the U.S. is an oligarchy in order to think and act more effectively.

Joseph Keppler, The Bosses of the Senate (1889) Recently my post-breakfast experience included yet another piece of news that created cognitive dissonance. This time it was from a May 2026 NPR article and read: “The U.S. government will permanently drop… Read more ›

June 25, 2026

Dwight Goodyear

Political Theory, Truth

Aristotle's Regime of the Americans, Fight Oligarchy, Peter L.P. Simpson, U.S. oligarchy

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264. A Plato-Inspired Argument Against Artificial Intelligence

263. John Dewey on Wisdom as Conscientiousness

262. Experiencing daily cognitive dissonance? Admit the U.S. is an oligarchy in order to think and act more effectively.