A short essay on a single idea about how to tell the real from the relative There is a move so simple it sounds almost like nothing: hold everything fixed but one thing, change that one thing, and watch what happens. What stays the same across the change is stable under that test — and … Continue reading What Stays and What Moves
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The Stream Beneath the Seat
There is a question that hides inside every careful one: from where am I looking? Ask it once and you get the standpoint — the angle, the interest, the position you happen to occupy. The honest response, on most accounts, is to name that position rather than pretend you have none. But naming it treats … Continue reading The Stream Beneath the Seat
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