The Legacy of Freud
May 5, 2024
Did you really want to eat that last piece of cake, or were you secretly…
Henri Bergson and the Flow of Time
August 17, 2025
Many people think of time as a series of events, like successive frames in a movie. But French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859-1941) argued that this widespread picture was wrong: everything is in constant motion, and can’t be captured by a series of static descriptions. So…
Why Is the World So Weird?
April 28, 2024
Quantum mechanics, mathematics, human consciousness…. whichever way you slice it, the universe is weird. How…
What Would Kant Do?
April 21, 2024
German idealist and moral philosopher Immanuel Kant is probably best known for his “Categorical Imperative,”…
Shakespeare’s Outsiders
April 14, 2024
Over 400 years after his death, Shakespeare is still widely regarded as the greatest dramatist…
Could Robots Be Persons?
April 7, 2024
As we approach the advent of autonomous robots, we must decide how we will determine…
Mind Sharing
March 31, 2024
Mind reading might sound like the stuff of science fiction. But in philosophy and psychology,…
Margaret Cavendish
March 24, 2024
Margaret Cavendish was a writer of poetry, philosophy, polemics, histories, plays, and utopian fiction. She…
What Can Virtual Reality (Actually) Do?
March 17, 2024
VR transports users into all kinds of different realities, some modeled on the real world,…
Should All Ages Be Equal?
March 3, 2024
Age determines a lot about your position in society—what activities you can do, what benefits…
Im Yunjidang
February 25, 2024
18th-century Korean philosopher Im Yunjidang was the first Confucian to argue for women’s equality in…
The Social Lives of Robots
February 18, 2024
Machines might surpass humans in terms of computational intelligence, but when it comes to social…
Lincoln as a Philosopher
February 11, 2024
More than any other President, Abraham Lincoln is known for his words, from the Lincoln-Douglass…
Can A.I. Help Us Understand Babies?
February 4, 2024
Artificial intelligence is everywhere in our day-to-day lives and our interactions with the world. And…
The Mysterious Timelessness of Math
January 21, 2024
Math is a really useful subject—at least, that’s what your parents and teachers told you.…
Frege and the Language of Reason
January 14, 2024
At the end of the 19th Century, the German philosopher Gottlob Frege invented a new…
Simone de Beauvoir
January 7, 2024
Simone de Beauvoir is often cast as only a novelist or a mere echo of…
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