Are you really in love? How expanding your love lexicon can change your relationships and how you see yourself
Words have power, and what vocabulary you have at your disposal to describe your relationships with other people can shape what directions those relationships can take.
Georgi Gardiner, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of the University of Tennessee Humanities Center (UTHC), University of Tennessee
• conversation
Feb. 12, 2024 • ~10 min
Feb. 12, 2024 • ~10 min
Intellectual humility is a key ingredient for scientific progress
An intellectually humble person may have strong commitments to various beliefs − but balanced with an openness to the likelihood that others, too, may have valuable insights, ideas and evidence.
Michael Dickson, Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina •
conversation
Dec. 6, 2023 • ~10 min
Dec. 6, 2023 • ~10 min
Humility is the foundation to a virtuous life
Humility doesn’t get the fanfare of virtues like courage, compassion or generosity. But without humility, those other virtues won’t get much traction in the quest to live a good life.
Jen Cole Wright, Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston •
conversation
Sept. 13, 2023 • ~7 min
Sept. 13, 2023 • ~7 min
How a surfing sea otter revealed the dark side of human nature
In California, surfers say an otter is hassling them and stealing their surfboards. But does she really deserve recapture and life in captivity?
Patricia MacCormack, Professor of Continental Philosophy, Anglia Ruskin University
• conversation
July 18, 2023 • ~6 min
July 18, 2023 • ~6 min
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