Freedom in an age of climate crisis and trade wars: Lessons from philosopher Immanuel Kant
For Kant, future freedom requires seeing beyond individual to collective aspirations…
How does consciousness work? Duelling scientists tested two big theories but found no winner
We don’t yet know whether it will yield to the current methods of consciousness science, or whether it requires a revolution in our concepts or methods…
Colors are objective, according to two philosophers − even though the blue you see doesn’t match what I see
Elay Shech, Auburn University and Michael Watkins, Auburn University Is your green my green? Probably not. What appears as pure green to me will likely look a bit yellowish or blueish to…
Do we hallucinate our world?
Do we hallucinate our world? And if so, how could we know? Since it is impossible to step outside our own bodies and minds, are we condemned to never truly know whether…
Freedumb: The Neoliberal Cult of Total Detachment
We are not autonomous beings; we never were. We are social beings and denying that truth only condemns us to loneliness and exhaustion…
Kari Martinsen and the philosophy of care
Care is a way of being and behaving with others. It is not merely a collection of technical actions, but rather a synthesis of experiences and knowledge shared between individuals—an act that…
On the limitation of flat ontologies to explain the emergence of free individuals
Ray Brassier delimits four aspects of what can be called “flat ontologies:” 1. No entity is prior or posterior to others. There is no ontology of transcendence. 2. The world or universe…
Long before debates over ‘wokeness’, Epicurus built a philosophy that welcomed slaves, women and outsiders
According to Epicurus, a philosopher wasn’t someone who taught or wrote philosophical tracts, but a certain style of life…
Are our thoughts ‘real’? Here’s what philosophy says
You can doubt just about anything. But there’s one thing you can know for sure: you are having thoughts right now. This idea came to characterise the philosophical thinking of 17th century…
What does Platonic love really mean?
Platonic love is to see in another person not just what they are, but what they may be inspired to become…