Akan Philosophy and Personhood
May 19, 2024
The Akan people of West Africa have developed a system of metaphysics, epistemology, and moral…
Democracy By Numbers
November 1, 2026
Despite adhering to the principle of “one person, one vote,” elections in the United States are often highly contentious: presidents can be elected after losing the popular vote, there is widespread gerrymandering and voter purging, and not everyone has equal representation in the Senate. So…
The Legacy of Freud
May 5, 2024
Did you really want to eat that last piece of cake, or were you secretly…
What Would Kant Do?
April 21, 2024
German idealist and moral philosopher Immanuel Kant is probably best known for his “Categorical Imperative,”…
Could Robots Be Persons?
April 7, 2024
As we approach the advent of autonomous robots, we must decide how we will determine…
What Can Virtual Reality (Actually) Do?
March 17, 2024
VR transports users into all kinds of different realities, some modeled on the real world,…
Should All Ages Be Equal?
March 3, 2024
Age determines a lot about your position in society—what activities you can do, what benefits…
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.…
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…
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