Im Yunjidang
December 7, 2025
18th-century Korean philosopher Im Yunjidang was the first Confucian to argue for women’s equality in…
The 2026 Dionysus Awards
July 26, 2026
Now that the dust has settled from the Oscars, it’s time to think about what movies of the past year challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways. Josh and guest co-host Jorah Danenberg present our annual Dionysus Awards for the…
Gilbert Ryle and the Map of the Mind
November 30, 2025
Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976) was a British philosopher of mind and language best known for his…
Can A.I. Help Us Understand Babies?
November 23, 2025
Artificial intelligence is everywhere in our day-to-day lives and our interactions with the world. And…
Margaret Cavendish
November 16, 2025
Margaret Cavendish was a writer of poetry, philosophy, polemics, histories, plays, and utopian fiction. She…
Narrative and the Meaning of Life
November 9, 2025
Humans are uniquely storytelling creatures who can narrate the events of their own lives. Some…
Impossible Worlds
November 2, 2025
Philosophers often speculate about possible worlds: ways that things could be. Some of them also…
Mary Astell
October 26, 2025
Mary Astell (1666–1731) was an English philosopher and writer who advocated for equal rights for…
In Awe of Wonder
October 19, 2025
Descartes said that the purpose of wonderment is “to enable us to learn and retain…
Making and Breaking Habits
October 12, 2025
We often hear that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” The idea seems…
Elisabeth of Bohemia
October 5, 2025
Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia is best known for her correspondence with René Descartes. In her letters,…
Zhuangzi: Being One with Ten Thousand Things
September 28, 2025
Zhuangzi, the 4th-century BCE Chinese philosopher, was arguably the most important figure in Taoism. He…
Robert Musil and Life as Experiment
September 21, 2025
Robert Musil (1880-1942) was an Austrian novelist, famous for The Man Without Qualities. Set in…
Hildegard von Bingen
September 14, 2025
Hildegard von Bingen was a 12th century mystic, polymath, and composer whose work spanned visionary…
Can Architecture Be Political?
September 7, 2025
It’s common to judge a piece of architecture based on its functional and aesthetic values,…
Henri Bergson and the Flow of Time
August 31, 2025
Many people think of time as a series of events, like successive frames in a…
Are We Living in a Simulation?
August 24, 2025
With rapid advances in Virtual Reality technology and the like, it’s now possible for us…
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