philosophy
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Why philosophical writing should read like a letter written to yourself
John Lysaker, Aeon
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I set up a booth on a New York street corner with two other philosophers. Here’s what people asked
Lee McIntyre, The Conversation
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At once tiny and huge: How philosophers describe the feeling we call ‘sublime’
Sandra Shapshay, Aeon
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’Tis the season to be busy: The modern obsession with busyness can find a solution in history
Clare Holdsworth, The Conversation
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Why intellectuals need to stop reminiscing about the Enlightenment as a golden ‘age of reason’
Henry Martyn Lloyd, Aeon
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How Jewish reformers took the ‘materialism’ stereotype and turned it into an ethos of hope
Eliyahu Stern, Aeon
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Is it okay to admire past thinkers even if they held racist or sexist views?
Julian Baggini, Aeon
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Is it a duck or a rabbit? The philosophical underpinning of an old visual trick
Stephen Law, Aeon
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Why the existence of god cannot be proved (or disproved) in a way acceptable to everyone
Nikk Effingham, The Conversation
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Ayn Rand’s dangerous ideas are becoming increasingly popular and dismissing her is not the solution
Skye C Cleary, Aeon
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What John Stuart Mill wrote in the margins of the books he read reveals a lot about his mind
Albert Pionke, The Conversation
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The TM Krishna column: Does it matter if Lingayatism is not philosophically distinct from Hinduism?
TM Krishna
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Hannah Arendt famously spoke of the ‘banality of evil’. But did she miss a deeper meaning?
Thomas White, Aeon
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Why every Sufi master is in some ways a Freudian psychotherapist
Omnia El Shakry, Aeon
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‘I believe because it is absurd’: How Christianity’s first meme came to be
Peter Harrison, Aeon
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How a blind artist in Turkey is challenging the understanding of colour
Simon Hayhoe, The Conversation
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Utopia has dangerous, fatal consequences – it’s time to aim for ‘protopia’ instead
Michael Shermer, Aeon
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‘I’m in love with your point of view’: This ‘Shape of You’ parody is a romantic lesson in philosophy
Scroll Staff
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Why philosophers should hang out with people who read books (and vice versa)
Charlie Huenemann, Aeon
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Abused as a child by a Maulvi, my father turned atheist. It took me years to understand why
Amna Boheim