Scotty Hendricks
Contributing Writer
Scotty Hendricks is a graduate student and long-time contributor to Big Think. He resides in Chicago.
Dive into China's profound intellectual legacy through five seminal texts that have shaped millennia of thought.
Dive into seven texts that continue to shape Western philosophy, from ancient Mesopotamia to Greece's brightest minds.
Six authors, six monumental legacies, and a unique thread connecting them: a solitary novel that shines brightly.
Music is part of the human experience, which is why some philosophers have written about it. Some had wacky ideas.
Philosophy can focus on some dull topics. Luckily, some thinkers have spent lots of time on the philosophy of sex
Great writing can unveil the criminal psyche better than any other artistic medium.
Philosophy is often seen as little more than armchair speculation. This is a shame, as philosophy often has helped science reach new heights.
A philosophical debate spanning creation, free will, and a sneaky teapot.
You become the main protagonist in these novels.
These core teachings make an ideal starting point for exploring Buddhist philosophy.
Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature's most unreliable narrators.
Dive into a realm where time, space, and even reality itself are put into question.
Is there an ultimate answer to the age-old question?
In "The History of Western Philosophy," Bertrand Russell made it clear whose thinking he admired — and whose thinking he didn't.
I think, therefore I am (rich).
Not every classic enjoyed rave reviews from the start.
How does the mind interact with the body? Nobody really knows — but these philosophers ventured an answer.
Some authors never saw their books score widespread acclaim—or even get published at all.
From consciousness to nothingness and beyond, these questions still baffle the brightest minds. Will they ever be solved?
Albert Camus was a Franco-Algerian philosopher with some great insights on the meaning of life, why you should look to this life and not the next, and why suicide is a poor choice.
Take a trip through these master-crafted fantasy societies and ask yourself: Could I actually live there?
Would you want to live in any of these places?
Though ultimately incorrect, the ancient Greek philosophers blazed a conceptual trail for humankind to understand the nature of reality.
From "Thompson's violinist" to the "Experience Machine," these thought experiments will throw your mind for a loop.
Take a closer look at the different types of reasoning you use every day.
Most philosophers merely contemplate the world, but what about the ones who actually tried to change it?
Despite being called the "dismal science," economics impacts our lives every day. Here, we look at seven of the greatest economists in history.
Philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues that we often don't truly want to obtain what we think we desire.
Zen masters often have strikingly different ideas about how to live and attain enlightenment.