William James
January 11, 2026
William James is one of the great American philosophers, historically important as a philosopher (pragmatism…
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Mind Sharing
December 21, 2025
Mind reading might sound like the stuff of science fiction. But in philosophy and psychology,…
Can A.I. Help Us Understand Babies?
November 23, 2025
Artificial intelligence is everywhere in our day-to-day lives and our interactions with the world. And…
Weird Wants
July 27, 2025
Philosophers from Aquinas to Anscombe have claimed that wanting something means seeing the good in…
The Legacy of Freud
May 5, 2024
Did you really want to eat that last piece of cake, or were you secretly…
What Has Replaced Freud?
August 6, 2023
Although the concept that we can have thoughts and desires hidden from consciousness can be…
The Psychology of Cruelty
May 30, 2021
Throughout history, people have committed all kinds of cruel, degrading, and evil acts toward other…
Trolling, Bullying, and Flame Wars: Humility and Online Discourse
January 24, 2021
Open up any online comments section and you’ll find them: internet trolls, from the mildly…
Frantz Fanon and the Violence of Colonialism
July 19, 2020
Frantz Fanon is a thinker who has inspired radical liberation movements in places ranging from…
Cognitive Bias
December 15, 2019
Aristotle thought that rationality was the faculty that distinguished humans from other animals. However, psychological…
Magical Thinking
July 21, 2019
Have you ever avoided stepping on a crack, just in case you might break your…
Philosophy of Sleep
March 17, 2019
“Blessed are the sleepy ones,” writes Nietzsche, “for they shall soon drop off.” Sleep is…
Your Lying Eyes – Perception, Memory, and Justice
September 9, 2018
The criminal justice system often relies on the testimony of eyewitnesses to get convictions. Yet…
When Democracies Torture
November 26, 2017
Torture is prohibited under international law and is widely considered a human rights violation. But…
Philosophy as Therapy
July 9, 2017
From Plato and Sextus Empiricus to Wittgenstein, many important thinkers have thought of philosophy as…
Anatomy of a Terrorist
March 26, 2017
Since George W. Bush first declared a “war on terror,” the US has been engaged…
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