Philosophy & Psychology
Three lessons from Aristotle on friendship
While most love songs are inspired by the joys and heartaches of romantic relationships, love between friends can be just ...
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Why Earth is worth protecting – and not just for our sake
Environmentalists rightly urge us to consider the long-term effects of our actions. Plastic bags, they point out, can take hundreds of ...
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A genealogy of panic disorder in the 20th century
One of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, Michel de Montaigne, was a thinker noted for merging casual ...
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Animal consciousness: Time to rethink our human-centred approach
While we may enjoy the company of companion animals or a fleeting encounter with wildlife, many people believe humans have ...
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Gods in the machine: Artificial intelligence and new religions
We are about to witness the birth of a new kind of religion. In the next few years, or perhaps ...
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The tyranny of story
Story was once a tool for understanding the world and for improving it. The hero or heroine always defeated the ...
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Wollstonecraft: An introduction to the mother of first-wave feminism
Mary Wollstonecraft has had something of a revival in recent years. Though considered the mother of first-wave feminism, the 18th-century ...
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The antidote to arrogance: How to be wrong the right way
This article is part of our ‘From the vault’ series of summer reading. It was originally published in the June ...
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Will understanding Hegel become any easier?
There has been much excitement at the discovery of a treasure trove of notes from the lectures of the great German idealist ...
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Why magical thinking is so widespread
Growing up in Greece, I spent my summers at my grandparents’ home in a small coastal village in the region ...
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Democracy and inequality of epistemic power
Many hold that growing inequality is one of the most serious problems we face. But there are others who hold ...
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Has the pandemic changed our personalities?
For many of us, some personality traits stay the same throughout our lives while others change only gradually. However, evidence shows that significant events in ...
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