philosophy

A key cognitive bias isn’t a bug, it’s just operator error (and easily correctable by using reason as nature intended).

Philosophers David Chalmers and Daniel Dennett argue over “philosophical zombies,” created to question the nature of human consciousness.

If you cloned yourself perfectly, would the clone have the same mind? At the heart of this question is an investigation into what – and where – consciousness is.

Albert Einstein shared his thoughts on the meaning of life and his own spiritual views.

Time is this wild fourth dimension in nature, says Bill Nye. We depend on its neat measurements for survival – but subjectively it continues to elude us.

The “Philosopher-King” of comedy is Louis C.K. You may know his work, but you might not realize there is some serious philosophy behind some of the best jokes.

It’s time to get real about key ideas that run our lives, which have been taking laughable liberties with human nature – and with the logic of livable liberty.

The world economy is often measured in terms of money, but is this the best method?

The philosopher believed we craved for something less pleasant.

Students at an English university have demanded that their curriculum be “decolonized”. What does that mean?  

Schrodinger’s cat is one of the most famous thought experiments of all time, but what does it mean for science, and what happens to the poor cat?

Everybody wants to be happy, right? Who wouldn’t try to get as many pleasurable experiences as they could? Well, if this philosopher is right. You wouldn’t. 

The work of Kremlin-approved philosopher Alexander Dugin provides key insights on the longterm strategy behind Russian hacks of the American elections. 

Storied skills and a musical analogy might help us update the logic of “virtue ethics.” In life, as in jazz, freedom without skills results in a lot foolish noise. 

An ancient philosophy is becoming popular again thanks to author Ryan Holiday.

An old fight between philosophy and science has flared up again. Fortunately we have Rebecca Newberger Goldstein to help us sort out what’s going. 

A recent study demonstrates significant benefits of teaching young students philosophy.

Finding direct links between Buddhism and Western philosophy is a difficult task, but they do play out in strange loops.