philosophy

In “The Immortality Key,” Brian Muraresku speculates that the Eucharist could have once been more colorful.

Everyone loves a laugh now and then, except for most of the philosophers you’ve heard of.

When we limit the clash of ideas, we ultimately hinder progress for the entire society.

How can we learn from the lessons of the past and build a better future?

Logic puzzles can teach reasoning in a fun way that doesn’t feel like work.

Can we stop a rogue AI by teaching it ethics? That might be easier said than done.

In some situations, asking “what if everyone did that?” is a common strategy for judging whether an action is right or wrong.

Humans help each other in ways animals don’t dream of, but why?

What do we want to do with convicted criminals? Penology has several philosophies waiting to answer that question.

This space expansionist ideology marked the beginning of what Arendt called “earth alienation.”

Thought expriments are great tools, but do they always do what we want them to?

Can we affirm everything in life, the beauty and the suffering? Nietzsche says yes.

A philosopher’s guide to detecting nonsense and getting around it.

You actually score worse on memory tests.

What speech is harmful, how do we know, and what do we do if we find out?

If the idea of freedom bound Camus and Sartre philosophically, then the fight for justice united them politically.

If machines develop consciousness, or if we manage to give it to them, the human-robot dynamic will forever be different.

The banality-of-evil thesis was a flashpoint for controversy.

Monuments are under attack in America. How far should we go in re-examining our history?

Sophists used rhetoric and debate to arrive at practical truths.

What better way to understand the world around us than through jokes?

As a doctor, I am reminded every day of the fragility of the human body, how closely mortality lurks just around the corner.

Neo’s superhuman powers were only inside of The Matrix. The outside world offered a different reality.

Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy?

A critical thinking framework developed by psychologists can help teach mental skills necessary for our times.

Those ancient Chinese philosophers earned their insights.

Rather than trekking up a mountain, a more accurate metaphor for human development involves navigating the waters of a choppy sea.

This article has been retracted.

There’s a reason it’s called “timeless wisdom.”

Practicing Socratic ignorance, or avoiding certainty of our own knowledge, diminishes inequality and pushes us in our search for wisdom.