In Memoriam: Daniel Dennett (1942-2024)
Professor Emeritus at Tufts University, Dennett's intellectual journey was marked by his relentless pursuit of understanding human consciousness and cognition.…
Shadow war no more: Hostilities between Israel and Iran have strayed into direct warfare – is there any going back?
Falling short of direct military confrontation, this conflict has been characterized by war through other means – through proxies, cyber attacks, economic sanctions and fiery rhetoric.…
In a time of information overload, enigmatic philosopher Byung-Chul Han seeks the re-enchantment of the world
Byung-Chul Han is the enigmatic philosopher and author of The Burnout Society and Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power.…
Why Artificial Intelligence will only be helpful if used ethically
Conversation between scientists, philosophers, and lawyers is necessary for the safe use of AI, but even more so is personal education…
This philosophical theory can help you stop taking criticism personally
Receiving criticism in the workplace, whether on written reports and projects, presentations or performance reviews, can make us doubt ourselves.…
What inner speech is, and why philosophy is waking up to it
Daniel Gregory, Universitat de Barcelona It is quite rare for philosophers to start investigating a new area, and a lot of the questions they explore have been around since ancient times. However,…
“Hold the line”: Republicans rally to Abbott’s defense in border standoff with Biden
From the Texas House to former President Donald Trump, Republicans across the country are rallying behind Gov. Greg Abbott’s legal standoff with the federal government at the southern border, intensifying concerns about…
COP28: How 7 policies could help save a billion lives by 2100
As world leaders gather for the COP28 climate conference in Dubai from Nov. 30-Dec. 12, we would do well to remember that their decisions will be directly responsible for killing, or saving,…
Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil and Ayn Rand all felt ‘different’ in the world – and changed the way we think
The Visionaries traces the gradual unfolding of their systems of thought, including how they changed their minds in response to the radically changed situations they found themselves in…
Sam Altman and OpenAI’s board of directors: the fall and return of a charismatic leader
On Saturday, the news broke: Sam Altman, until then CEO of OpenAI, had been fired by the board of directors of his company…