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Research calls into question the separation of church and state in the United States.
Think walking is void of philosophy? Nietzsche and Gros are here to say you’re wrong.
Michael Shermer responds to the discussion over his article, “Will Science Ever Solve the Mysteries of Consciousness, Free Will and God?”
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Some things in life just can’t be explained. And that’s okay.
A rabbi explains how religion and science don’t have to be in conflict.
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Physicist Alan Lightman sees something beyond, or even behind, the heavens.
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It may seem like the world’s going to hell in a hand basket, but the facts don’t support it.
Where do your beliefs come from? It turns out evolution is behind every religion in the world.
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Don’t take the Bible so seriously, says religious scholar and fully interesting guy Rob Bell.
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Evangelical Christians are abandoning their core beliefs to follow a cult leader, says Reza Aslan.
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Is today a repeat of yesterday? Rob Bell explains how the Japanese concept of Ikigai can help you wake up with a sense of wonder and purpose.
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Robert Wright and Massimo Pigliucci discuss the challenges of scientism.
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Do we really need an imaginary guy-in-the-sky to tell us what’s right and wrong? Not anymore, says Skeptic Magazine’s Michael Shermer.
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Do you ever act irrationally? You probably have. Let’s take a look at how to fix that.
Do we really believe everything we say? Are you always trying to establish the truth when you argue? This thought experiment will help answer these questions.
If you believe there is intelligent extraterrestrial life out there, have you ever stopped to wonder why?
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The U.S. State Department’s “Countries of Concern” include North Korea, Myanmar, and more. But how close is America itself to earning a place on the list?
Finding New Year’s resolutions isn’t always easy. To help you out, we’ve gotten ideas from some of the greatest thinkers of all time.
One of the stranger philosophies currently enjoying a renewal of interest is also that of your favorite group of magical space wizard monks.
‘Total work’, a term coined by the German philosopher Josef Pieper just after the Second World War in his book Leisure: The Basis of Culture (1948), is the process by which human beings are transformed into workers and nothing else.
Existentialism is great and all, but how can you really relate to the ideas if you don’t think God is dead? Luckily, we’ve got just the thing.
Nietzsche’s ideas were used by the Nazi’s to justify their atrocities, but did Nietzsche actually support Fascism?
Author, speaker, and public intellectual Richard Dawkins is a first-class debater on subjects as grand and reaching as the very existence (or lack thereof) of a master creator. But he’s got a simple yet highly effective technique to win people over to see his point of view. Find out what it is right here.
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Is life worse or better than non-existence? And if it is, who is judging? Welcome to anti-natalism, a small but lively corner of philosophy.
There are many famous schools of thought that you have probably heard of, but did you hear the truth or just get a caricature of the idea?
A new study addresses the question, while also raising even more questions.
Americans are, often with justification, regarded as not being versed in philosophy. This is a shame, as the United States and the colonies that proceeded it have produced many great thinkers
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,Courage to change the things I can,And wisdom to know the difference.
Once desire becomes suspect, sex is never far behind.