Welcome to By Reason Alone, the new home of my personal blogging. Previously, I was writing on samenright.com, which I am leaving because WordPress isn’t built for blog distribution. That site will stay online as an online hub for my different projects. I also write at The Fitzwilliam, which is a group blog-cum-magazine about ethics, policy, and Ireland (where I’m from). Posts here will often be shorter, more informal, and about a wider variety of topics.
The name of the blog references the classic debate in philosophy about the ultimate source of our knowledge. I’m being playful, rather than expressing a strong view. The name is meant to conjure to mind questions about the limits of reason, when to use first principles reasoning, and to poke fun at myself for my idle speculations. Please subscribe to receive new posts by email.