Philosophy

Philosophy

Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.

Jean Paul Sartre summed up the existentialist idea of "bad faith" through a waiter who acted a bit too much like a waiter.
Santa Claus in his workshop
In her 2020 book, "The Alchemy of Us," Ainissa Ramirez explores how important material inventions shaped the course of human experience.
People can lose their authentic selves when they don't honestly confront life's potential, according to the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
It's that time of year when the hours of meticulous wrapping of Christmas toys are viciously undone in seconds by tiny children.
A man walks through the snow listening to music on his headphones.
Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.
first contact
Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where's everyone else?
Many of the furniture giant’s products are named after Swedish locations. Not everyone is happy about that.
heroism
For such a near-universal concept, the definition of "heroism" is difficult to pin down.
American family
Hit shows are like societal mirrors, capable of reflecting the cultural zeitgeist whose likeness they try to record. 
nice list
Do your kids a favor and give them the gift of philosophy this Christmas.
scientism
Science is a method of inquiry about nature, while scientism is philosophy. And scientism is no longer up to the challenge of meeting the most pressing issues of our day.
science politics
“To be ignorant of causes is to be frustrated in action.” So wrote Francis Bacon, counsel to Queen Elizabeth I of England and key architect of the scientific method. In […]
Einstein bohr
Even without the greatest individual scientist of all, every one of his great scientific advances would still have occurred. Eventually.
Role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons offer a valuable insight: Life is about shifting labels.
all i want for christmas
The singer-songwriter distilled the essence of the holidays into a hit song, and for her efforts she was crowned the Queen of Christmas.
georg simmel
Cities overstimulate our senses and are full of people we don't know. Maybe humans were meant for this.