Charles GrayinThe Ocean, the River, and the TarnCormac McCarthy’s Word FilmsCritic Harold Bloom has described some of McCarthy’s work as derivative of William Faulkner’s and other work, Blood Meridian, as among the…2 min read·Feb 3, 2024----
Charles GrayinThe Confabulations of Platoboy and The SolipsistPlatoboy and the Solipsist Both Try to Nourish Their Minds Using Hume’s ForkDramatis Personae4 min read·Dec 30, 2023----
Charles GrayinThe Confabulations of Platoboy and The SolipsistPlatoboy and the Solipsist Excavate the World’s Oldest Gettier CaseDramatis Personae Platoboy: an enthusiastic believer in Enlightenment values. Solipsist: a sardonic, captious, humorous nihilist.7 min read·Dec 29, 2023----
Charles GrayinThe Confabulations of Platoboy and The SolipsistPlatoboy and the Solipsist Make Some Important DistinctionsDramatis Personae Platoboy: an enthusiastic believer in Enlightenment values. Solipsist: a sardonic, captious, humorous nihilist.·3 min read·Dec 24, 2023----
Charles GrayinThe Academy of YouFrom Idea to Essay: The Role of AI in the Composition ProcessThe recently available AI’s are capable of writing most of the essays I assign in my community college English classes at a B+ to A- level…·12 min read·Feb 5, 2023----
Charles GrayUsing AI to Bulletproof Your WritingThe man standing on top of the tower pictured above is Benjamin Franklin, one of the true luminaries of the Enlightenment and perhaps the…·14 min read·Dec 31, 2022----
Charles GrayinThe Academy of YouIn Pursuit of CertaintyMy idea of critical thinking, reading, and writing is developing our skills for determining what is true (or false) in the communications…·5 min read·Oct 10, 2022----
Charles GrayinThe Academy of YouIf Descartes Was So Wrong about So Many Things, Why Do We Still Read Him?Descartes’ method was to search for an indefeasible truth that could function as a starting point for a series of deductions. The nature of…·2 min read·Sep 15, 2022--1--1
Charles GrayinThe Academy of YouWhat _Makes Cogito; Ergo Sum_ true?Descartes thought he had discovered an indefeasible truth in the Cogito because he assumed that a thing had to exist for it to have any…·2 min read·Aug 6, 2022----
Charles GrayThe Right’s Jeremiads Concerning the Left’s Three-Pronged Assault on Democracy Are (Unsurprisingly)…I would not describe liberal indoctrination through media, academia, and Hollywood as a three-pronged assault on democracy for at least two…·5 min read·Jul 24, 2022----