philosophy
Learn how to practice "self-indifference."
Nihilism is not a choice or intellectual commitment, but a feeling that simply arrives.
Take a journey through the maze of interpretations of one of the most famous paintings in history.
The author of "Auroville: The City Made of Dreams" talks about the difficulties of establishing (and writing about) utopian societies.
For several weeks after considering the ethics of eating meat, participants in an experiment changed their eating habits.
As morally sturdy as we may feel, it turns out that humans are natural hypocrites when it comes to passing moral judgment.
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Philosophers have been asking the question for hundreds of years. Now neuroscientists are joining the quest to find out.
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Shannon Lee shares lessons from her father in her new book, "Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee."
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Historian Rutger Bregman argues that the persistent theory that most people are monsters is just wrong.
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In "The Immortality Key," Brian Muraresku speculates that the Eucharist could have once been more colorful.
Everyone loves a laugh now and then, except for most of the philosophers you've heard of.
When we limit the clash of ideas, we ultimately hinder progress for the entire society.
How can we learn from the lessons of the past and build a better future?
Logic puzzles can teach reasoning in a fun way that doesn't feel like work.
Can we stop a rogue AI by teaching it ethics? That might be easier said than done.
In some situations, asking "what if everyone did that?" is a common strategy for judging whether an action is right or wrong.
Humans help each other in ways animals don't dream of, but why?
What do we want to do with convicted criminals? Penology has several philosophies waiting to answer that question.
This space expansionist ideology marked the beginning of what Arendt called "earth alienation."
Thought expriments are great tools, but do they always do what we want them to?
Can we affirm everything in life, the beauty and the suffering? Nietzsche says yes.
A philosopher's guide to detecting nonsense and getting around it.
You actually score worse on memory tests.
What speech is harmful, how do we know, and what do we do if we find out?
If the idea of freedom bound Camus and Sartre philosophically, then the fight for justice united them politically.
If machines develop consciousness, or if we manage to give it to them, the human-robot dynamic will forever be different.
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The banality-of-evil thesis was a flashpoint for controversy.
Monuments are under attack in America. How far should we go in re-examining our history?
Sophists used rhetoric and debate to arrive at practical truths.
What better way to understand the world around us than through jokes?