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Philosophical Dictionary

  • A small snippet from the painting, The Swing.

    Mary and the Manosphere: Mary Wollstonecraft Combats Misogyny

    By Caroline Black

    Let's discuss that mother of feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft, and her foundational text, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, understanding that 18th century problems follow us in our modern understanding of gender, sexism, and feminism.
  • A period-dressed 18th century figure glances sideways at the viewer while swapping a book titled The Theory of Moral Sentiments from the hands of a marble philosopher statue, replacing it with a thinner volume titled The Invisible Hand. Candlelit library.

    Adam Smith Was Not an Economist: What the So-Called Father of Capitalism Actually Believed

    By Markus Uehleke

    Adam Smith is quoted constantly and read almost never. The invisible hand appears three times in a lifetime of writing. He described landlords as those who reap where they never sowed. His first book was about sympathy, not self-interest. The popular Adam Smith was built by think tanks. Here is the real one.
  • Pooping At Work: Marx and Us

    Pooping At Work: Marx and Us

    By Caroline Black

    In which we discuss Karl Marx's criticisms of capitalism, us, the Labor Theory of Value, and freedom. With bonus thought experiment.