The Examined Year: 2017
December 31, 2017
A new year offers an opportunity to reflect on the significant events of the previous…
What Is Gender?
June 14, 2026
Gender is a controversial topic these days, but people can’t seem to agree about what gender is. Is it an inner identity, a biological fact, or an oppressive system? Should we respect it or resist it? Should it even be a thing? Josh and guest-host…
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…
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.…
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