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Ross J. Edwards

Ross J. Edwards

Trump, Scrooge, and Fascism

Born Under a Bad Sign (part 2 of 3)

Oct 10

Trump, Scrooge, and Fascism

Oct 10

Ross J. Edwards

Scrooge, Trump, and Fascism

Born Under a Bad Sign (part 1 of 3)

Oct 4

Scrooge, Trump, and Fascism

Oct 4

Ross J. Edwards

Barack Obama at the DNC: Naming Rumpelstiltskin’s Evil in America

Obama’s Cultural Critique

Aug 29

Barack Obama at the DNC: Naming Rumpelstiltskin’s Evil in America

Aug 29

Ross J. Edwards

Why You Should Read Wittgenstein’s ‘Philosophical Investigations’ Now

The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s second great philosophical masterpiece, Philosophical Investigations, published posthumously in 1953…

Aug 15

Why You Should Read Wittgenstein’s ‘Philosophical Investigations’ Now

Aug 15

Ross J. Edwards

On Learning to Console the Person — Not the Hand

There is a moving passage in section 286 of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations in which he writes about our tendency to regard…

Aug 1

On Learning to Console the Person — Not the Hand

Aug 1

Ross J. Edwards

The Toxic Ideology of Thinking ‘We’ Are Not Like ‘Them’

Pandemic Paranoia!

Jul 18

The Toxic Ideology of Thinking ‘We’ Are Not Like ‘Them’

Jul 18

Ross J. Edwards

Is Life a Big Problem that Needs to be Solved? Wittgenstein’s ‘Slippery Ice’ Metaphor

When it comes to human happiness, there is a paradox: On the one hand, we want big, simple, powerful solutions — quick fixes that solve…

Jul 4

Is Life a Big Problem that Needs to be Solved? Wittgenstein’s ‘Slippery Ice’ Metaphor

Jul 4

Ross J. Edwards

How to Overcome Career Anxiety: Wittgenstein’s Advice

“I’ve made a mistake in my career.” I’ve tried to get rid of this thought for years.

Jun 20

How to Overcome Career Anxiety: Wittgenstein’s Advice

Jun 20

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What Kind of Mindset Shift Do We Really Want?

Future-Oriented “Success”

Feb 12

What Kind of Mindset Shift Do We Really Want?

Feb 12

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Thoughts And Ideas

Why Do We Worship Fame?

Growing up I had visions of what it would be like to lead a good life: to be praised. Specifically, to be thought of as a kind of god. Jim…

Jan 17

Why Do We Worship Fame?

Jan 17

Ross J. Edwards

Ross J. Edwards

I’m a philosophy PhD candidate at the New School in New York. I write mostly about how Wittgenstein's philosophy can be applied to everyday anxieties.

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