philosophy

How long should one wait until an idea like string theory, seductive as it may be, is deemed unrealistic?

What happens when simulation theory becomes more than a fascinating thought experiment?

And if they could, would they care, asks philosopher John Gray in his new book.

Technology of the future is shaped by the questions we ask and the ethical decisions we make today.

How does philosophy try to balance having free will with living in a deterministic universe?

Even tyrants and despots offer wisdom worth heeding.

It’s a common misconception that to be a Stoic is to be in possession of a stiff upper lip.

Words of wisdom from H.P. Lovecraft, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dr. Temple Grandin, Hannah Gadsby and more.

What can ‘behaviorism’ teach us about ourselves?

Adam Frank, a card-carrying atheist and physics professor, wonders if there might be more to life than pure science.

Life is absurd, that detail can be the start of a great many things.

New research identifies 16 different COVID-19 personality types and the lessons we can learn from this global pandemic.

Lovers are parted from lovers, (grand)parents from children, families from their dead.

Should we all be “taking life as it comes”?

Answering the question of who you are is not an easy task. Let’s unpack what culture, philosophy, and neuroscience have to say.

Max Planck Institute scientists crash into a computing wall there seems to be no way around.

Knowing what to do is one thing, doing it is another.

To understand ourselves and our place in the universe, “we should have humility but also self-respect,” Frank Wilczek writes in a new book.

How would the ability to genetically customize children change society? Sci-fi author Eugene Clark explores the future on our horizon in Volume I of the “Genetic Pressure” series.

The Persian polymath and philosopher of the Islamic Golden Age teaches us about self-awareness.

Imagine Heraclitus spending an afternoon down by the river…

Learn how to practice “self-indifference.”

Nihilism is not a choice or intellectual commitment, but a feeling that simply arrives.

Take a journey through the maze of interpretations of one of the most famous paintings in history.

The author of “Auroville: The City Made of Dreams” talks about the difficulties of establishing (and writing about) utopian societies.

For several weeks after considering the ethics of eating meat, participants in an experiment changed their eating habits.

As morally sturdy as we may feel, it turns out that humans are natural hypocrites when it comes to passing moral judgment.

Philosophers have been asking the question for hundreds of years. Now neuroscientists are joining the quest to find out.

Shannon Lee shares lessons from her father in her new book, “Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee.”

Historian Rutger Bregman argues that the persistent theory that most people are monsters is just wrong.