5+ hour, 59+ min ago  (440+ words) These cookies are necessary to the core functionality of our website and some of its features, such as access to secure areas. These cookies collect information that can help us understand how our websites are being used. This information can…...

1+ day, 15+ min ago  (1662+ words) From Western-centric visions of the liberal world order to the Enlightenment story of history as Reason's onward march, we rightly distrust grand narratives. But, argues Turkish international-relations theorist Ay'e Zarakol, without them we struggle to make sense of the world....

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (83+ words) We tend to think of consciousness as something the brain produces, a byproduct of atoms arranged in the right way. But Alex O'Connor, formerly known as Cosmic Skeptic and host of the Within Reason podcast, argues that consciousness may be…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (13+ words) A new form of life has just been designed in a lab'IAI TV...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (1679+ words) From Louis XVI's monitored coffeehouses to the whisper networks of #Me Too, gossip is often dismissed as trivial or malicious. But philosopher Karen Adkins argues that gossip functions as a vital moral tool that enables those with less power to…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (169+ words) What is the difference between human and machine? Classically, embodiment has been a go-to answer. But as information itself becomes increasingly embodied, the tension between metal and flesh is heightening. What it means to be embodied at all is here…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1803+ words) Reality doesn't exist on its own. Without subjectivity to perceive the objectivity of the world, the way in which space, time, and the universe in general exist would be radically other. For example, can time be said to pass if…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1774+ words) We're often seduced by the idea that the mind is a computer, and that consciousness is just a matter of running the right code. But philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith, renowned for his work on octopus minds, disagrees. Fresh research into animal…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (200+ words) Some historians think that the idea of a world ruled by numbers is related to the introduction of coins in the marketplace in the society in which Pythagoras lived. Anything could be reduced to abstract numbers: the value of a…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (1786+ words) We think our theories about reality " whether in physics, philosophy, or psychology " should aspire to be faithful descriptions of how reality actually is. But philosopher of science Manuel Delaflor makes the case that this aspiration is incredibly dangerous. Instead of…...