Thinking

Pythagoras may have believed that the entire cosmos was constructed out of right triangles.

Is the physical universe independent from us, or is it created by our minds, as suggested by scientist Robert Lanza?

Being an intellectual is not really how it is depicted in popular culture.

Diogenes was no doubt odd, but Cynicism might just help our overcrowded lives.

A famous thought experiment from the 1970s is more relevant today than ever before.

Truth might be hard to find, but we can take steps to eliminate common cognitive biases.

Seek pleasure and avoid pain. Why make it more complicated?

What’s the difference between brainwashing and rehabilitation?

This spring, a U.S. and Chinese team announced that it had successfully grown, for the first time, embryos that included both human and monkey cells.

Regularities, which we associate with laws of nature, require an explanation.

Could a pill make you more moral? Should you take it if it could?

Scientists believe they have the answer, but philosophers prove them wrong.

How imagining the worst case scenario can help calm anxiety.

Dancing, for Nietzsche, was another way of saying Yes! to life.

Modern science progresses with an intensity and even irrationality that Aristotle could not fathom.

Think of the nicest person you know. The person who would fit into any group configuration, who no one can dislike, or who makes a room warmer and happier just […]

Our brains make snap moral decisions in mere seconds.

Escaping the marshmallow brain trap.

Philosophers, theoretical physicists, psychologists, and others consider what or who is really in control.

The ‘reasonable person’ represents someone who is both common and good.

How the German political philosopher called out Henry David Thoreau on civil disobedience.

There is no success without failure, but the fear of the latter is what’s really keeping you from achieving your goals.

Being skeptical isn’t just about being contrarian. It’s about asking the right questions of ourselves and others to gain understanding.

Most people seem to enjoy liberalism and its spin offs, but what is it exactly? Where did the idea come from?

And if they could, would they care, asks philosopher John Gray in his new book.

Technology of the future is shaped by the questions we ask and the ethical decisions we make today.

How does philosophy try to balance having free will with living in a deterministic universe?

It’s a common misconception that to be a Stoic is to be in possession of a stiff upper lip.

What can ‘behaviorism’ teach us about ourselves?

Life is absurd, that detail can be the start of a great many things.