Race Matters
February 2, 2020
Started in the wake of George Zimmerman’s 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin,…
Liberty and Justice for Who?
October 11, 2026
Many democracies are founded on the ideals of 18th- and 19th-Century British Liberalism: the idea that human beings deserve the right to self-government because we are born free, equal, and capable of rationality. Yet Liberalism was used to justify colonialism, which deprived people around the…
Post-Truth Politics
January 19, 2020
You’ve probably heard about the dangerous effects of fake news, and the spread of sensational…
Ken Taylor Tribute
December 29, 2019
The Philosophy Talk team is deeply saddened by Ken Taylor’s untimely passing this month. Ken…
Could the Laws of Physics Ever Change?
December 22, 2019
From airplanes flying overhead to the cellular activity inside us, all events that take place…
Cognitive Bias
December 15, 2019
Aristotle thought that rationality was the faculty that distinguished humans from other animals. However, psychological…
Driverless Cars at the Moral Crossroads
December 8, 2019
Autonomous vehicles are quickly emerging as the next innovation that will change society in radical…
Habermas and Democracy
December 1, 2019
Jürgen Habermas is regarded as one of the last great public intellectuals of Europe and…
Nonhuman Rights
November 24, 2019
Human rights—like freedom from discrimination and slavery— are fundamental rights and freedoms that every person…
Should Beliefs Aim at Truth?
November 10, 2019
If beliefs can be described as having a goal or purpose, then surely that is…
The Limits of Medical Consent
October 27, 2019
In our healthcare system, parents normally make medical decisions for their kids because, we think,…
The Space-Time Continuum
October 13, 2019
Strange things are said about time: that it’s illusory, that it has no direction. But…
Knowing What We Know (And What We Don’t)
September 22, 2019
It seems like we know many facts about ourselves and the world around us, even…
Queerness
September 15, 2019
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual… it is safe to say that new ideas of gender…
Summer Reading (and Misreading)
September 1, 2019
What should you be reading this summer—and how should you be reading it? We’re often…
Freedom of Speech on Campus
August 25, 2019
In the last few years, conservatives and liberals alike have accused activists on college campuses…
Philosophy Behind Bars
August 18, 2019
In 1994, Congress eliminated federal funding for college education in prisons. It was, they argued,…
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