The Philosophical Muser

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

Tuesday, 12 December 2023

Getting Religion & Science Wrong

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I saw this comment about religion from economist David Friedman the other day, and I thought it worth commenting on, as it often typifies pe...
Wednesday, 6 December 2023

Banks Could Only Dream Of Being Like Casinos

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  I happened upon this article in The Banker, which expressed concerns that the government’s attempt to enable more competitive banking to ...
Tuesday, 28 November 2023

On Kant's Synthetic A Priori

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  I haven’t done a philosophy post for a while, so let’s rectify that with a blog about Kant’s synthetic a priori. To start us off, here’s a...
Saturday, 25 November 2023

On Cancel Culture

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Here are a few thoughts on cancel culture. By ‘cancel culture’ I mean the hostile and belligerent desire to see some people silenced, have t...
Wednesday, 1 November 2023

Who Is Looking Out For The Strong & Wise People?

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People who are consistently strong and wise are valuable to others in so many ways; they offer support, they give sound guidance, they come ...
Friday, 13 October 2023

Why The Falling Birth Rates?

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  Birth rates are falling - almost no country in the world has a higher birth rate than it did 50 years ago. The world population hit the fi...
Friday, 29 September 2023

On Women Being Attracted To Bad Boys

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It is frequently believed that bad boys are attractive to a significant proportion of women, especially younger women. Andrew Tate's cur...
Monday, 25 September 2023

Church Set-Up & Varying Human Beliefs

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  When on the church set up team, one of our jobs is to put down the mats for the kids to play on. As you can see from the picture I took ab...
Tuesday, 19 September 2023

Anarcho-Capitalism & Benevolent Libertarianism

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On a recent video episode of mine, I talked with the brilliant anarcho-capitalist economist Dr. David Friedman about his views on economics...
Sunday, 10 September 2023

Theological Reflections From A Greek Pilgrimage

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  My wife Zosia and I have just spent nearly two weeks travelling over 1200 miles around Greece . We set out to have an exhilarating, spirit...
Monday, 21 August 2023

Searching Through Netflix: The Foggy Clouds Of Confabulation

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  I turned on Netflix last night, and a flood of suggested TV programmes poured onto my screen. This got me thinking about Netflix's alg...
Wednesday, 26 July 2023

James Knight & Tim Reeves Discuss Climate Change

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  Below is a discussion I had with my friend and fellow social commentator Tim Reeves over a period of a few weeks on the subject of climat...
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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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