My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
4 reflections · 3 short · 1 long
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Writing
Essays, reflections, poetry, philosophical inquiries, and research across the humanities and sciences.
Book Reflections
Reflections on 7 books, featuring 19 writings.
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
2 reflections · 1 short · 1 long
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Knulp
Hermann Hesse
4 reflections · 3 short · 1 long
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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Heinrich Böll
2 reflections · 2 short · 0 long
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Essays & Prose
Personal reflections on experience, identity, and change.
Reflections on Romans
Personal Essay
I must keep the Ten Commandments. I must be morally mature. I must have deep faith. Otherwise, I am a bad person, a filthy person, someone who deserves to be ab…
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Every Day Is a Grain of Sand
Personal Essay
“Perhaps the moments we encounter most often make the most beautiful subjects. The things so familiar that we simply pass them by, the things that have occupied…
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The Chief End of Me
Personal Essay
Paradoxically, the more descriptors I accumulate to define myself, the more the person I call “I” becomes obscured. Seemingly unaware of this, people struggle t…
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Dreaming of Everyday Life
Personal Essay
My nights are nothing but black. Unlike other people, I have no memories of the hours between lying down in bed at night and rubbing my eyes awake in the mornin…
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Philosophical Writing
Questions of knowledge, belief, reason, and the nature of understanding.
Materialism, Science, and Religious Values
Philosophical Writing
Materialist thinking goes beyond simply being scientific; it is closely connected to scientific reductionism. The premise of materialism is that “the world exis…
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Scientific Laws, Probability, and Belief
Philosophical Writing
On careful reflection, we can see that science and religion share the same underlying premise: “belief.” People generally say that religion is irrational and th…
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Can Knowledge Exist Independently of Culture?
Philosophical Writing
Culture is a concept that summarizes what human beings do and how they do it. It encompasses the ways groups behave and the traditions associated with those beh…
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TOK Exhibition: The Limits of Knowledge
Philosophical Writing
The photograph above is one I took myself of the sky—or, more broadly, of space. It shows numerous stars and the vastness of the universe. We can observe some o…
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Poetry
A collection of 22 poems.
Reading & Responding to Research
Questions and reflections that began with academic papers.
Reflections on Language, Context, and Children’s Reasoning
Response to Feiman & Brody
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Do 17-Month-Olds Really Know “If Not A, Then B”?
Response to Feiman et al.
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Between Philosophical Rigor and Policy Pragmatism: Reflections on Ackerman’s Stance on Physician-Assisted Suicide
Response to Felicia Nimue Ackerman
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Research
Economic analyses, scientific investigations, and interdisciplinary research.
China’s Strong Yuan and Reserve Currency Ambitions
Global Economics
Commentary
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China’s Trade-In Policy and Domestic Consumption
Macroeconomics
Commentary
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The Economic Effects of Minimum Wage Increases
Microeconomics
Commentary
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Fritz Haber: Scientific Achievement and Ethical Responsibility
History of Science & Ethics
Did Fritz Haber’s achievement in developing ammonia synthesis outweigh his wrongdoing in developing poison gas?
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