How logic alone may prove that time doesn’t exist

In 1908, the English philosopher J. M. E. McTaggart published an important paper on the logic of time.

Matyáš Moravec, Gifford Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, University of St Andrews • conversation
April 15, 2024 ~7 min

The mystery of consciousness shows there may be a limit to what science alone can achieve

What if there’s no experiment to work out which theory of consciousness is correct?

Philip Goff, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Durham University • conversation
March 15, 2024 ~7 min


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

A brief history of time – as told by a watchmaker

The 24-hour system was independently invented multiple times.

Jaq Prendergast, Lecturer in Horology, Birmingham City University • conversation
Dec. 28, 2023 ~8 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

How do reasonable people disagree?

A study by philosopher Kevin Dorst explains how political differences can result from a process of “rational polarization.”

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
Nov. 20, 2023 ~6 min

How the world might look if animals had legal rights

We already have many of the tools to make this imagined world a reality.

Stephen Cooke, Associate Professor of Political Theory, University of Leicester • conversation
Oct. 26, 2023 ~7 min

Consciousness: why a leading theory has been branded 'pseudoscience'

There’s a battle over consciousness research – and whether it can be understood purely through science.

Philip Goff, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Durham University • conversation
Sept. 29, 2023 ~8 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

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

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