Ben Burgis, Author at Areo

Politics

What Kinds of Liberal Freedoms Should Democratic Socialists Support?

One of the biggest controversies on the contemporary left today concerns the relationship between leftism and liberalism. People often use the word liberalism to refer to a location on the…

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Politics

Why the Socialist Left Should Vote for Biden

Since Bernie Sanders’ defeat in the Democratic primaries, there has been a feisty debate here on the socialist left about what we should do next. Some of us tried very…

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11 min

Politics

Land of Social Democracy, Still

In February, it seemed as if every pundit and prognosticator on the planet expected Bernie Sanders to arrive at the 2020 Democratic Convention in Milwaukee with at least a plurality…

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13 min

Politics

The War on Terror: A Response to Jonathan Church

In a previous article for Areo, I revisit the philosophical debate about free will and determinism, arguing that the recently debunked Libet experiments are irrelevant to the main conceptual issue.…

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11 min

Philosophy

Free Will, the Libet Experiments and the War on Terror

On 10 September 2019, a headline in the Atlantic announced, “A Famous Argument Against Free Will Has Been Debunked.” The argument in question was based on the findings of what…

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13 min

Free Will and Sam Harris’ Puppet Analogy: A Reply to Iona Italia

I’ve been exchanging letters with Jon Rosen about free will and determinism on the platform Letter. A few days ago, I was happy to read Iona Italia’s thoughtful article about…

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7 min

Politics

Be Like Bernie: Give Them An Argument

In my forthcoming book Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left, I make the case that we leftists should spend more time formulating explicit arguments for our positions. Too…

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Ben Burgis

What Kinds of Liberal Freedoms Should Democratic Socialists Support?

Why the Socialist Left Should Vote for Biden

Land of Social Democracy, Still

The War on Terror: A Response to Jonathan Church

Free Will, the Libet Experiments and the War on Terror

Free Will and Sam Harris’ Puppet Analogy: A Reply to Iona Italia

Be Like Bernie: Give Them An Argument

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