The Philosophical Muser

Using Philosophical and Economic analysis to consider big questions, world issues and matters of everyday life!

Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Turtles Nearly All The Way Down

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Suppose we have an infinite regress of turtles, each supported by an earlier turtle, with no first turtle, and suppose that if there is any ...
Tuesday, 25 August 2026

On Monothinking

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  The reason it’s hard to take seriously people like Richard Dawkins on religion, Owen Jones on economics, Jermy Corbyn on politics, Naomi K...
Sunday, 23 August 2026

On Sola Scriptura

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  I met with a minister recently who espouses the idea of Sola scriptura. Sola scriptura is the belief that scripture alone is the supreme a...
Thursday, 20 August 2026

What Nathan Cofnas Got Wrong About Human Intelligence

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  Jason Arday may have been exposed as a deceiver, but Nathan Cofnas, the man who helped expose Arday, gets his interpretation of human inte...
Wednesday, 19 August 2026

On DEI Part II

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  Here I show the limitations of AI while simultaneously elaborating on the issues with DEI I laid out in the previous blog . The best way t...
Monday, 17 August 2026

The Road To DEI Is Paved With Good Intentions, But......

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  I'm sure it'll be obvious what has compelled me to elaborate on what I’ve said in older articles (see my Discrimination tab in the...
Sunday, 9 August 2026

The Psychology of Comfort Recalibration

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I’ve noticed a psychological trap that people employ on themselves for consolation when they need the solace of not being all they have the ...
Wednesday, 5 August 2026

The Paradox of Similarity in Decision‑Making

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  Regular readers may have heard of Fredkin’s Paradox – which says that the more similar two choices are, the less the decision should matte...
Tuesday, 4 August 2026

Wildfires Are Devastating: But Not A Cause For Urgent Climate Action

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It’s easy to observe things like the awful Dunwich Heath fire, and the recent droughts and high temperatures, and declare that this is exact...
Monday, 3 August 2026

Odds, Ends & Stray Musings: Trinity-Sun Analogy

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  One of the strange things about the Trinity is that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all equally God, yet there seems an inevitable ord...
Wednesday, 29 July 2026

50 Fun Facts About Me

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As I’ve turned 50 this week, I thought it might be both fun and factual to share 50 Fun Facts About Me, to mark the occasion.   1)      I ...
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This is the Blog of James Knight - a keen philosophical commentator on many subjects. My primary areas of interest are: philosophy, economics, theology, politics, mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, psychology, history, the arts and social commentary. I also contribute articles to the Adam Smith Institute and the Institute of Economics Affairs. Hope you enjoy this blog! Always happy to hear from old friends and new! Email:j.knight423@btinternet.com
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