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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Or you might just be a Leo.
People can lose their authentic selves when they don't honestly confront life's potential, according to the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.
Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where's everyone else?
Many of his criticisms ring true today.
Many of the furniture giant’s products are named after Swedish locations. Not everyone is happy about that.
Hit shows are like societal mirrors, capable of reflecting the cultural zeitgeist whose likeness they try to record.
Do your kids a favor and give them the gift of philosophy this Christmas.
Science is a method of inquiry about nature, while scientism is philosophy. And scientism is no longer up to the challenge of meeting the most pressing issues of our day.
“To be ignorant of causes is to be frustrated in action.” So wrote Francis Bacon, counsel to Queen Elizabeth I of England and key architect of the scientific method. In […]
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1700s economic principles predicted Uber. A Nobel Prize-winning economist explains why.
Institute for Humane Studies
Role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons offer a valuable insight: Life is about shifting labels.
The singer-songwriter distilled the essence of the holidays into a hit song, and for her efforts she was crowned the Queen of Christmas.
Think leisure is pointless?
No matter how hard we try, we will never reach a final theory that unifies scientific knowledge. The very nature of science doesn't allow it.
What value does wit hold in genres defined by brute strength?
Released in 1972, "Ways of Seeing" has proven to be as worthy of study as the artistic traditions it investigates.
Far from acting as the conduits of a benevolent deity, these religious leaders threw the teachings of their own church out of the window.
Universal basic income can secure basic independence for citizens, something which modern states have failed to do, argues author Louise Haagh.