The Power of Prediction
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You’re standing at the top of a mountain, surveying the vast landscape below. The information…
Elisabeth of Bohemia
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Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618–1680) is best known for her correspondence with René Descartes. In her letters,…
What Has Replaced Freud?
August 6, 2023
Although the concept that we can have thoughts and desires hidden from consciousness can be…
Pet Ethics
November 6, 2022
Many of us, even the staunchest animal activists, usually take it for granted that keeping…
Conscious Machines
June 5, 2022
Computers have already surpassed us in their ability to perform certain cognitive tasks. Perhaps it…
Philosophy of Sleep
March 17, 2019
“Blessed are the sleepy ones,” writes Nietzsche, “for they shall soon drop off.” Sleep is…
Altered States
March 3, 2019
Aldous Huxley explains his conception of the brain as a “reducing valve” of consciousness in…
Diseases of the Mind: Philosophy of Psychiatry
November 19, 2017
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is the primary reference catalog for mental health illnesses. But…
The Phenomenology of Lived Experience
April 23, 2017
Phenomenology is the philosophical study of experience and consciousness, performed by philosophers ranging from Sartre…
The Technology of Immortality
September 27, 2015
Some futurists believe we are not far from a time when technology and medicine will…
Schizophrenia and the Mind
August 21, 2011
To be human, philosophers have often said, is to be rational. But many people, for…
A Philosophical Shout-Out
April 1, 2007
On this special pledge-week episode, John and Ken open the phones and the inbox to…
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