Can Art Save Us?
June 1, 2025
The world is facing an unprecedented environmental crisis, and we urgently need good ways to…
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…
True Contradictions
May 25, 2025
If you want to tell the truth, you shouldn’t contradict yourself—that’s just common sense. A…
Mary Midgley
May 18, 2025
Mary Midgley became one of the best known public intellectuals in the UK, and was…
The Power of Prediction
May 11, 2025
You’re standing at the top of a mountain, surveying the vast landscape below. The information…
Derek Parfit and Your Future Self
May 4, 2025
The works of Derek Parfit (1942-2017) have had a profound influence on how philosophers understand…
Are Rules Meant to Be Broken?
April 27, 2025
Rules exist for a reason: they tell us what to expect, they help us coordinate…
Changing Minds on Climate Change
April 20, 2025
There is consensus among scientists that global warming is real and that it’s caused by…
Iris Murdoch
April 13, 2025
Iris Murdoch may be best known for her works of fiction, but her philosophical contributions…
The Philosophy of Smell
April 6, 2025
When philosophers think about human perception, they tend to focus on vision and turn their…
In Search of Proust’s Philosophy
March 30, 2025
Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time challenges us to think hard about what we…
Thinking Like a Conspiracy Theorist
March 23, 2025
The moon landing was faked! JFK Jr. is still alive! Finland doesn’t exist! Conspiracy theories…
Judith Jarvis Thomson
March 16, 2025
Judith Jarvis Thomson is best known for arguing that abortion is morally permissible, even granting…
Why Trust Science?
March 9, 2025
According to a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, the number of Americans…
W.E.B. Du Bois
February 23, 2025
Sociologist, historian, philosopher, editor, writer, and activist, W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the most…
The Philosophical Worlds of Borges
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Argentinian writer Jorge Luís Borges wrote some of the world’s most brilliant, mind-bending, and philosophical…
Alan Turing and the Limits of Computation
February 9, 2025
Alan Turing was a 20th-Century English mathematician and cryptologist who is widely considered to be…
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