| “JD Vance vs. the Pope: The Myth of Moral Absolutes” Institute for Arts and Ideas, (2025) |
| “How is Free Will Even Possible?” Dialogue, 61 (2023) pp. 20-24. |
| “In Praise of Complaining,” The Cathode Ray Zone, (2023) |
| ”AI and the Transformation of the Human Spirit,” Quillette Magazine, (2023) |
| “Sudden Amnesia Showed Me That the Self is a Convenient Fiction,” Aeon: Psyche (2021). Audio version here. Portuguese version here. |
| “The Explanatory Failure of ‘Luck’,” Culturico, (2020) |
| ”As Statues Fall, What’s the Best Way to Evaluate History’s Heroes?” Quillette Magazine, (2020) |
| “The Futility of Guilt-Based Advocacy,” Quillette Magazine, (2019) |
| “The Unreality of Luck,” Aeon Magazine, (2018) |
| “Hard Decisions of a Book Restorer,” Aesthetics for Birds, (2018) |
| “Who’s Assessing the Assessors’ Assessors?” The Chronicle of Higher Education (March 15, 2013), p. A60. |
| “Putting Claus Back Into Christmas,” Christmas and Philosophy—Philosophy for Everyone: Better Than a Lump of Coal, ed. Scott C. Lowe (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, 2010) pp. 161-171 |
| “Cycling and Philosophical Lessons Learned the Hard Way,” Cycling –Philosophy for Everyone: A Philosophical Tour de Force, eds. Jesús Ilundáin and Michael Austin (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, 2010) pp. 162-172 |
| “A Call to the Women’s Center,” Think (vol. 8, no. 22, 2009) pp. 25-28 |
| “A Proof of the Existence of Fairies,” Think, (vol. 16, Winter 2008) pp. 45-48. Under the pseudonym “Tink R. Bell” |
| “Mill v. Miller or Higher and Lower Pleasures,” Beer and Philosophy, ed. Steven D. Hales, (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, 2007) pp. 97-109 |
| “The Hot Hand in Basketball,” Basketball and Philosophy, eds. Greg Bassham and Jerry Walls (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2007) pp. 196-206 |
| “The Traditional Problem of Free Will,” Delight in Thinking: An Introductory Reader, eds. Scott C. Lowe and Steven D. Hales (New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing, 2006) pp. 225-248 |
| “You Can Prove a Negative,” Think (vol. 10, Summer, 2005) pp. 109-112. Portuguese version here. |
Steven D. Hales 