Babies and the Birth of Morality
May 21, 2017
Doing the right thing is often an extremely difficult task. Yet psychological research indicates that…
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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…
May 21, 2017
Doing the right thing is often an extremely difficult task. Yet psychological research indicates that…
April 23, 2017
Phenomenology is the philosophical study of experience and consciousness, performed by philosophers ranging from Sartre…
April 16, 2017
For decades, literary critics have been questioning the relevance of the novel as a literary…
April 9, 2017
Whether it’s people incarcerated in prisons, or animals confined in zoos, aquariums, laboratories, farms, and…
March 26, 2017
Since George W. Bush first declared a “war on terror,” the US has been engaged…
March 12, 2017
What do Marcel Duchamp, Damien Hirst, and Andres Serrano have in common? They’ve all created…
February 19, 2017
Recent revelations confirm what many already suspected: not only is Big Brother watching you, he…
January 29, 2017
Imagine discovering that your grandfather was a serial killer. Would you feel guilty about it?…
January 8, 2017
Our annus horribilis is over. But what ideas and events took shape in 2016 that challenged our assumptions…
January 1, 2017
St. Augustine suggested that when we try to grasp the idea of time, it seems…
December 25, 2016
There is an element of risk – either to ourselves or to others – in…
December 18, 2016
Is the red you see indeed the very same red that anyone else does? What…
December 11, 2016
The United States recently threatened military action against Syria in response to the Syrian government’s…
December 4, 2016
Some claim that the collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001 was actually…
November 27, 2016
What does gender have to do with science? The obvious answer is ‘nothing.’ Science is…
November 20, 2016
Many goals are too complex for one person to accomplish alone. Every day, we pool…
