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Existentialism
If philosophers really enjoy one thing, it’s a good debate — but not an argument.
"What modern science has taught us is that life is not a property of matter."
Is it ever possible for God to violate the laws of nature?
How do you cope when joining a team shatters your confidence? Albert Camus and Harry Stack Sullivan can help.
The Danish philosopher's simple paradox — living forwards while looking backwards — can be translated into golden business insights.
The philosopher Skye C. Cleary explores what being authentically happy looks like in a world where so many can't be.
God is not a vending machine, but is it wrong to treat him like one?
How heavy is the mask that you wear?
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot recently spoke with Big Think about a two-step method for escaping the dark sides of habits.
Here's the case for why science can't keep ignoring human experience.
If the daily grind feels like Sartre's phony act of "bad faith," Heidegger's sense of "being" can help redefine your role.
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Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, rock icon Steve Albini, and comedian Fred Armisen told Kmele how they make sense of the world — and leave their mark on it.
Instead of fear, his delusions bring him cheer. His psychiatrist embraces them.
Two of the answers add a dimension to physics that doesn’t belong there. Maybe we could call it "astrotheology."
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Dispatches host Kmele Foster is on a journey to understand humanity’s role in the cosmos. His first stop? The Atacama Plateau in Northern Chile, home to the darkest deserts and largest telescopes on earth.
Is immortality a tantalizing possibility or a philosophical paradox?
Dive into five philosophical schools that have faded into obscurity but still whisper through the ages.
The world’s “most produced living playwright” wins out over other contestants, including Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood.
Dive into seven texts that continue to shape Western philosophy, from ancient Mesopotamia to Greece's brightest minds.
Looking at our planet with post-Copernican eyes has the power to change how we relate to it and each other.
A new book envisions an encounter of minds between the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, the physicist Werner Heisenberg, and the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
Philosophy can focus on some dull topics. Luckily, some thinkers have spent lots of time on the philosophy of sex
Each year in mid-August, Earth plows through the debris stream of an enormous comet, creating the Perseids. 2023's show will be magnificent!
The idea is to study the thing itself — be it a work of literature, death, family, a car, a vaccine, or the hospital — without preconceived notions, trendy easy answers, or dogma imposed on it.
AI was the most divisive topic in a recent predictions tournament.
A philosophical debate spanning creation, free will, and a sneaky teapot.
Is mathematics woven into the very fabric of reality? Or is it merely a product of the human mind?
Neuroscientists and artists alike are making the case that we could transform the world through psychedelics.
The existential philosopher argued that an authentic and meaningful life is measured by choice.
For the clarity of a “beginner’s mind” and a path to true and lasting wisdom, one must fully embrace "not-knowing."