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…
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…
Hypatia of Alexandria
August 17, 2025
Hypatia of Alexandria, late antiquity public figure and scholar, made significant contributions to mathematics, philosophy,…
The Value of Music
August 10, 2025
From classical concerts to commercial jingles, music fills our lives every day. But philosophers disagree…
Weird Wants
July 27, 2025
Philosophers from Aquinas to Anscombe have claimed that wanting something means seeing the good in…
The 2025 Dionysus Awards
July 20, 2025
What movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things…
Making a Better World
July 6, 2025
Some philosophers think that morality boils down to one idea: we should make the world…
Private Lives
June 29, 2025
Cultural attitudes towards privacy seem to be in conflict. On the one hand, we are…
Mexican Philosophy
June 22, 2025
From early feminist Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz to existentialist Emilio Uranga, from Indigenous…
Philippa Foot
June 15, 2025
Philippa Foot invented the thought experiment that famously became known as the Trolley Problem. Despite…
Can Art Save Us?
June 1, 2025
The world is facing an unprecedented environmental crisis, and we urgently need good ways to…
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…
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