Hume's Pirahã Problem

Numbers seem like normal, well behaved things until (like most everything) you really start thinking about them: What the hell are numbers anyways? This paper presents a challenge to a prominent view that numbers are just byproducts of logical relations by presenting a counterexample.

Laws as a Minimal Set

This paper attempts to provide an account of what the laws of nature are and how we could come to know them. I frame my answer around A.J. Ayer's regularity theory.

A Modern Scrutinization of the Hippocratic Oath

A, well, scrutinization of the merits of the Hippocratic Oath. The main argument and debate hinges on the abortion injunction, as such, it is noteworthy that this paper was written before Dobbs v. Jackson was decided but after the opinion leak.

Locke on Slavery and Women, and Now What?

Written for History of Philosophy: Modern Period. Interrogates Charles Mills' essay and Carole Pateman's chapter on Locke's view of slavery and women, and then extrapolates out some conclusions.

Fate, Free Will, and the Resultant Optimism

This was not written for a philosophy class, but it pretty much is anyways. This essay compares and contrasts Christianity with Absurdism and concludes that it is fate and free will that give them both their optimism.

An Explication of the Cartesian Self and its Relation to the Body

This is my second philosophy paper. Written for History of Philosophy: Modern Period, It somehow also deals with mental causation with Descartes. I take a different position this time, and is slightly better informed. Also answers questions like "what is a person over time" for Descartes.

The Mind does not (Affect) Matter

My first actual philosophy paper written for my intro to philosophy class. Discusses mental causation in regards to substance and property dualism.

Contradictions; the Ego Against Itself

uh this is a pretty pretentious short essay that I wrote a while ago. Deals with the question of "who am I?". This was written in like 2019. It's old, it's bad, but it's here.