What are Words Worth?
July 24, 2011
How do words shape our minds? Do the French suffer because they have no word…
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…
Pornography
June 11, 2011
Is pornography an art form, or simply anything that depicts genitals in action? Where does…
Summer Reading List 2011
May 29, 2011
Summer’s just around the corner – what philosophers, philosophies, or philosophical issues do you want…
Beliefs Gone Wild
May 15, 2011
Our brains evolved on the African savannah, but are now expected to deal with complex…
Worship
April 24, 2011
Worship is the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for something. The attitude of…
Social Networking
April 3, 2011
From online bulletin boards at the dawn of the internet to the modern mammoths of…
Desire
March 27, 2011
There are two ways to have your desires fulfilled: you can either get what you…
Money and Morality
March 13, 2011
Does our system of credit and money make upward social mobility possible for anyone willing…
Challenges to Free Will
March 6, 2011
We seem to be able to decide our behavior for ourselves – what we do…
Biracial Identities
February 20, 2011
Many people identify strongly with the ethnic or racial group to which they belong –…
The 2011 Dionysus Awards
February 13, 2011
It’s the third annual Philosophy Talk Dionysus Awards show! With the help of listeners and…
Too Much Information
February 6, 2011
“We’re just never going to catch up,” writes David Weinberger in Everything Is Miscellaneous. That…
Different Cultures, Different Selves
January 23, 2011
Why do we do what we do? To please others? To live up to what…
Derrida and Deconstruction
January 16, 2011
Jacques Derrida was one of the most influential and also one of the most polarizing…
Philosophy of History
December 26, 2010
Is history just a series of events, or an interpretation of those events? Is there…
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