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Rejecting The Natural/Synthetic Dichotomy

I reject the natural/synthetic dichotomy. The natural/synthetic dichotomy is manifested in two fundamental ways: (1) the assumption that humans and/or human constructs are separate from nature and (2) the assumption that certain human constructs are "natural"...

Posted 11 October 2008 10:34 AM by Brainpolice | with no comments

Filed under: Anarchism, Racism, Social Evolution, Social Contract, Religion, Socialism, Philosophy, Human Nature, conservatism, Environmentalism, History, Primitivism

False Realism and Utopianism

Conservatism is a defense of the existing order or past existing orders as "natural". Any potential alternative to the existing order or to the romantisized past order is immediately brushed aside as "unnatural" and "utopian"...

Posted 25 June 2008 10:26 PM by Brainpolice | 7 comment(s)

Filed under: Determinism, Collectivism, Social Evolution, Equality, Philosophy, Human Nature, conservatism, History, Vulgar Libertarianism, Marxism

Two Philosophies of History

Political philosophies often involve views of history. There seems to be two fundamental views of history, as I have touched on in " Traditionalism as Stagnation " and " Radicalism and Moderation ". These two views are what I would...

Posted 12 April 2008 04:02 PM by Brainpolice | with no comments

Filed under: Social Evolution, Slavery, Libertarianism, Philosophy, Human Nature, History

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