Should All Ages Be Equal?
March 3, 2024
Age determines a lot about your position in society—what activities you can do, what benefits…
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…
The Social Lives of Robots
February 18, 2024
Machines might surpass humans in terms of computational intelligence, but when it comes to social…
Lincoln as a Philosopher
February 11, 2024
More than any other President, Abraham Lincoln is known for his words, from the Lincoln-Douglass…
The Mysterious Timelessness of Math
January 21, 2024
Math is a really useful subject—at least, that’s what your parents and teachers told you.…
Frege and the Language of Reason
January 14, 2024
At the end of the 19th Century, the German philosopher Gottlob Frege invented a new…
Simone de Beauvoir
January 7, 2024
Simone de Beauvoir is often cast as only a novelist or a mere echo of…
The Ethics of Awesomeness
December 24, 2023
The word “awesome” once meant inspiring extreme fear or dread. Nowadays it’s mostly used as…
Nonduality and the Oneness of Being
December 10, 2023
Some branches of Hindu philosophy propose that reality is nondual in nature. Such schools of thought—called advaita schools, from…
Microaggressions
November 26, 2023
Microaggressions are small comments or questions that may be insulting or hurtful to another person…
Your Brain on Literature
November 12, 2023
Cognitive science has revolutionized our understanding of the brain and how it functions. Researchers have…
Referring to the World: Ken’s Final Work
October 29, 2023
On December 2, 2019, Ken Taylor announced that he finally had “an almost complete draft”…
The Lives and Ideas of the Vienna Circle
October 15, 2023
The Vienna Circle was a group of early twentieth-century philosophers, mathematicians, logicians, and scientists, best…
Disinformation and the Future of Democracy
October 1, 2023
The 2020 election and startling events that followed show that the US is as polarized…
What Is Masculinity?
September 24, 2023
Strong, in control, and stoic—these are traits of the ideal masculine man. Men who fail…
Adorno and the Culture Industry
September 10, 2023
What’s your favorite movie? Did you watch that season finale last night? No spoilers! Popular…
Summer Reading List 2023
September 3, 2023
What books should thoughtful people read this summer? Josh and Ray talk to the authors…
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