What’s Next? Death and the Afterlife
December 24, 2017
The question of what happens to us after we die remains as mysterious now as…
The Scandalous Truth about Memoir
May 24, 2026
A memoir is a personal narrative written about a pivotal time in the author’s life. While the story is told from a particular perspective, the events recounted are supposed to be fact, not fiction. But what exactly counts as truth in memoir? Is the distinction…
Intuition a Guide to Truth?
December 17, 2017
Turns out that Galileo was right and Aristotle was wrong: in a vacuum, a feather…
When Democracies Torture
November 26, 2017
Torture is prohibited under international law and is widely considered a human rights violation. But…
Diseases of the Mind: Philosophy of Psychiatry
November 19, 2017
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is the primary reference catalog for mental health illnesses. But…
Democracy in Crisis
November 12, 2017
Democratic systems of government are supposed to reflect the interests of ordinary citizens, and not…
Food Justice
October 8, 2017
The number of chronically hungry people in the world is over 800 million, yet developed…
The Lure of Immortality
October 1, 2017
Would you want to live forever? It’s a tempting notion that has been explored and imagined…
Cyber-Activism
September 17, 2017
Whether it’s making donations and signing petitions online, or using social media to highlight political…
Anarchy: Utopian Dream or Dystopian Nightmare?
September 3, 2017
Anarchism says there’s no need for a state, that it would be better to have…
Humanity Violated
August 20, 2017
People tend to treat other people who differ from them, even in seemingly small and…
Transformative Experiences
August 6, 2017
We are faced with decisions all the time in life. Normally, we think about the…
The Fairness Fixation
July 23, 2017
Imagine that your eight-year-old son arrives home boasting that he won the race that day…
Philosophy as Therapy
July 9, 2017
From Plato and Sextus Empiricus to Wittgenstein, many important thinkers have thought of philosophy as…
Summer Reading List 2017
July 2, 2017
Summer is the perfect time to dig in to deep reading. Hannah Arendt’s The Origins…
Racial Profiling and Implicit Bias
June 18, 2017
Whether for counterterrorism measures, street level crime, or immigration, racial profiling of minorities occurs frequently.…
Second-Guessing Ourselves
June 11, 2017
We like to think of ourselves as self-aware, reflective beings, but psychological studies demonstrate that…
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