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Justin K. Ellis

Justin K. Ellis

The Argument from Eternal Truths

There is in the writings of Augustine, and other thinkers in his line, an argument for the existence of god that goes more or less as…

3 min readAug 7, 2022

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Justin K. Ellis

Philosophy Books in Threes

A curious pattern in the books of three philosophers.

2 min readJul 27, 2022

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Justin K. Ellis

The Ineffable in Nagarjuna and Plotinus

The Buddha said to him, “Subhuit, those who would now set forth on the bodhisattva path should thus give birth to this thought: ‘However…

7 min readJul 26, 2022

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Justin K. Ellis

Notes on Teleology

Teleology, the idea that there are inherent purposes in nature, strikes me as paradoxical. It seems to be committed to saying that…

2 min readJul 23, 2022

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Justin K. Ellis

The Five-Cornered Fight

Five different camps duke it out during the Enlightenment

4 min readJul 22, 2022

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Justin K. Ellis

Cartesian Dualism and the God-World Problem

How could a disembodied God interact with a material universe?

6 min readJul 21, 2022

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Justin K. Ellis

Nagarjuna and Sufficient Reason

Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna’s thoughts on the principle of sufficient reason are surprisingly similar to those of early-modern Western…

4 min readJul 20, 2022

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Justin K. Ellis

Spinozist and Humean Naturalisms

Hume and Spinoza’s overlapping but distinct approaches to naturalism.

3 min readJul 20, 2022

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Justin K. Ellis

Naturalism, or Something Like It

An attempt to sketch an outline for a kind of naturalism.

6 min readJul 19, 2022

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Justin K. Ellis

Specificity and Intelligibility in Spinoza

Spinoza on how understanding something more means understanding it in detail.

3 min readJul 18, 2022

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Justin K. Ellis

Justin K. Ellis

I graduated with a BA in philosophy years ago, and I write on western philosophy and Buddhism. Consider me a slightly qualified amateur.

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