In Awe of Wonder
October 19, 2025
Descartes said that the purpose of wonderment is “to enable us to learn and retain…
Imagination Tagged Episodes
Foucault and Power
July 4, 2021
Michel Foucault was a 20th century philosopher known for his work concerning power and knowledge.…
Queerness
September 15, 2019
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual… it is safe to say that new ideas of gender…
How Fiction Shapes Us
May 24, 2015
A good novel can do many things. It can distract us from the humdrum of…
Regulating Bodies
February 8, 2015
Most countries allow their citizens to smoke cigarettes, get intoxicated, and eat unhealthy food –…
What Might Have Been
August 24, 2014
When we make claims about things that could have been—what philosophers call counterfactual statements—we are,…
Self-Deception
August 5, 2012
Self-deception sounds like a contradiction: intentionally convincing yourself of something you know to be untrue. …
The Nature of Imagination
October 7, 2007
A lot of our thinking, and even our perception, has to do not only with…
Language of Fiction
February 25, 2007
What are we talking about when we talk about Sherlock Holmes or Santa Claus? Something…
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