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Jonny Thomson
Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He’s a columnist at Big Think and is the award-winning, bestselling author of three books that have been translated into 22 languages.
Jonny is also the founder of Mini Philosophy, a social network of around two million curious, intelligent minds. He's known all over the world for making philosophy accessible, relatable, and fun.
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Coherentism accepts that circular reasoning is probably the best any of us can do.
A strange philosophical thought experiment forces us to ask if the world can be completely described in physical terms.
How the brain decides what to store and what to forget.
If you had perfect foreknowledge of the blessings and tragedies that will come in your life, would you make the same choices anyway?
What if you are the only person in the world who can think?
It is difficult to save a species that does not seem to care about saving itself.
You are only ever a few days away from your demise.
Utopia is like a John Lennon song but with golden toilets.
How the British obsession with tea triggered wars, led to bizarre espionage, and changed the world — many times.
The ethical debate over zoos is going to grow louder. There might be a solution that involves robots.
If something is "true," it needs to be shown to work in the real world.
From "mutilated males" to "wandering wombs," dodgy science affects how we view the female body still today.
Your life is far more arbitrary than you might think.
Unstable politics and virtue signaling are responsible for creating bureaucratic nightmares.
Attempts to normalize abnormal development could prevent individuals in need of help from seeking it.
These bizarre mollusks have the ability to regenerate their bodies and to absorb other organisms' attributes.
The wise, the old, and the experienced matter to a full and happy life.
Apart from divine authority, is there an ethical basis for right and wrong?
Traditional Chinese medicine and Vietnamese culture are driving the pangolin to extinction.
Life is governed by unspoken rules. How do you know you're following them correctly?