Scotty Hendricks

Scotty Hendricks

Contributing Writer

scotty hendricks

Scotty Hendricks is a graduate student and long-time contributor to Big Think. He resides in Chicago.

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Thinking
Philosophy majors are smarter than others — and tend to make more money
I think, therefore I am (rich).
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High Culture
5 classic books that were loved by readers but panned by critics
Not every classic enjoyed rave reviews from the start.
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Thinking
6 fascinating solutions to the ever-baffling “mind-body problem”
How does the mind interact with the body? Nobody really knows — but these philosophers ventured an answer.
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High Culture
6 literary masterpieces that almost never saw the light of day
Some authors never saw their books score widespread acclaim—or even get published at all.
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4 of the hardest unsolved problems in philosophy — and some possible solutions
From consciousness to nothingness and beyond, these questions still baffle the brightest minds. Will they ever be solved?
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The Present
Is a capitalist-socialist economy inevitable?
The status quo may be unsustainable.
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Personal Growth
Albert Camus on suicide, absurdity, and the meaning of life
Albert Camus was a Franco-Algerian philosopher with some great insights on the meaning of life, why you should look to this life and not the next, and why suicide is a poor choice.
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