Ambigamy

Insights for the deeply romantic and deeply skeptical.

Good gut: How to convince your gut to do the right thing

In an early moment of refreshing frankness, Aristotle acknowledges that it’s not generally fun to do what’s good.  He, like many psychologists after him wonders how to reconcile gut impulse to the cause of virtue.  Freud, for example notes the way impulse and morality aren’t on the same page. Read More

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Jeremy Sherman is an evolutionary epistemologist studying the natural history and practical realities of decision making.

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