{"id":42806,"date":"2025-03-24T21:14:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T02:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jh.southloophvac.com\/?page_id=42806"},"modified":"2025-08-26T17:54:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T22:54:37","slug":"about-my-philosophy-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/about-my-philosophy-work\/","title":{"rendered":"About My Philosophy Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover Hero-banner\" id=\"banner-912056706\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Philosophy-Page-Header-BG.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n   <div id=\"text-box-514898414\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                     <div data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">           <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\t<div id=\"gap-849793351\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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Simon \u2014 and applies it to contemporary questions:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #cccdd0;\">What makes for good government? What is technology for? Can modern institutions sustain human flourishing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cccdd0;\">If you\u2019re looking for more than surface-level commentary and want to explore the principles that guide a good life and a just society, you\u2019re in the right place.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 141px; top: 62.1094px;\">\n<div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2369523151 {\n  text-align: left;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1453433332\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1453433332 {\n  padding-top: 20px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-1453433332 {\n    padding-top: 40px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #gap-1453433332 {\n    padding-top: 90px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1642842967\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-513080827\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3923720550\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Browse by Topic<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cccdd0;\">Use the categories below to explore areas of interest:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"blog-cat-text\"><a class=\"blog-cat\" href=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/category\/fun\/\">Fun<\/a> | <a class=\"blog-cat\" href=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/category\/personal\/\">Personal<\/a> | <a class=\"blog-cat\" href=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/category\/philosophy\/\">Philosophy<\/a> | <a class=\"blog-cat\" href=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/category\/presentations\/\">Presentations<\/a> | <a class=\"blog-cat\" href=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/category\/travels\/\">Travels<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; 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http:\/\/qz.com\/627989\/why-are-so-many-smart-people-such-idiots-about-philosophy\/ Maybe if we can combine philosophy and science into one, then everyone will [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col post-item\" data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:220px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/a-great-debate-barron-and-peterson\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"A Great Debate: Barron and Peterson\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"863\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Capture.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Capture.jpg 863w, https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Capture-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Capture-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-left\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cat-label tag-label is-xxsmall op-7 uppercase\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPhilosophy \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/a-great-debate-barron-and-peterson\/\" class=\"plain\">A Great Debate: Barron and Peterson<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHave a listen to this long, but worthwhile discussion.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col post-item\" data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:220px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/great-lecture-the-nature-of-knowledge-and-the-knowledge-of-nature-fr-brian-chrzastek-o-p\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"Great Lecture: The Nature of Knowledge and the Knowledge of Nature &#8211; Fr. Brian Chrzastek, O.P.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/brain-energy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/brain-energy.jpg 720w, https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/brain-energy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-left\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cat-label tag-label is-xxsmall op-7 uppercase\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPhilosophy \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/great-lecture-the-nature-of-knowledge-and-the-knowledge-of-nature-fr-brian-chrzastek-o-p\/\" class=\"plain\">Great Lecture: The Nature of Knowledge and the Knowledge of Nature &#8211; Fr. Brian Chrzastek, O.P.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis week&#8217;s lecture was chosen because, In my view, Kant and St. Thomas are both [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col post-item\" data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-left\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cat-label tag-label is-xxsmall op-7 uppercase\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPhilosophy \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/the-question-of-obligation-to-save-lives-in-pandemic\/\" class=\"plain\">The Question of Obligation to Save Lives in Pandemic<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEveryone wants the coronavirus to end. Everyone hopes that life will return to normal \u2013 [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col post-item\" data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:220px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/chance-determinism-and-providence\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"Chance, Determinism, and Providence\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/jonhaines.com\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-10-at-4.05.36-PM.webp\" class=\"attachment-original size-original wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" 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