Deconstructing the College Admissions Rat Race
November 10, 2013
America’s elite colleges and universities spend millions of dollars to generate thousands of applicants, the…
What Is Game Theory?
August 16, 2026
Game theory is a set of mathematical techniques for thinking about how people should choose when their choices interact. But real people aren’t exactly rational actors. Can a mathematical model explain real-world decisions? How can game theorists account for the fact that we don’t always…
Morality and the Self
November 3, 2013
Social psychologists have discovered that our self-images play a surprising role in our thinking about…
The Dark Side of Science
October 27, 2013
Science aims tell us something about nearly everything, from the atoms in our cells to…
Latin-American Philosophy
September 29, 2013
Latin American Philosophy began centuries before anything of much philosophical consequence happened in North America. …
Ancient Cynicism
September 22, 2013
Today, the term ‘cynic’ brings to mind a person who has little or no faith…
The State of Public Philosophy
September 8, 2013
In the 18th and 19th Century, philosophers and intellectuals were immersed in politics and popular…
The Psychology of Evil
August 11, 2013
True evil seems easy to recognize: the killing of innocent children; assigning whole populations to…
Summer Reading List 2013
July 28, 2013
Summer is the perfect time to dig in to deep reading. Heidegger’s Being and Time…
Atheism and the Well-Lived Life
July 14, 2013
Atheists don’t believe in God – does that mean they don’t find life meaningful? Are…
Whodunit: The Language of Responsibility
June 30, 2013
Who is responsible for the broken vase in the foyer? How harshly should criminals be…
Physics, Philosophy, and Theology
June 9, 2013
The world disclosed by the physical sciences can seem depressing. Modern physics, for example, has…
Gay Pride & Prejudice
June 2, 2013
The question of gay rights has become a hot button issue, with opposition taking on…
The Extended Mind
May 12, 2013
The question of gay rights has become a hot button issue, with opposition taking on…
What is an Adult?
April 21, 2013
In the Middle Ages, people married, had children, went off to war and took on…
Reading, Narrative, and the Self
April 7, 2013
Reading is a lot of fun, especially narrative fiction – everyone loves a good story.…
Abortion
March 24, 2013
Nothing stirs up controversy like abortion. To some, it carries the steep moral cost of…
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