Tag: Philosophy
Could consciousness all come down to the way things vibrate?
Tam Hunt, University of California, Santa Barbara
Why is my awareness here, while yours is over there? Why is the universe split in two for...
This $75 million gift might make higher ed question its obsession...
Peter E. Knox, Case Western Reserve University
During his unsuccessful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, Marco Rubio made the dubious (and grammatically unsound) assertion...
What makes some art so bad that it’s good?
John Dyck, CUNY Graduate Center
“The Disaster Artist” – which just earned James Franco a Golden Globe for his portrayal of director Tommy Wiseau –...
Why it’s impossible to actually be a vegetarian
Andrew Smith, Drexel University
In case you’ve forgotten the section on the food web from high school biology, here’s a quick refresher.
Plants make up the...
Philosophical toolkit in tow, scholar travels to conflict zones
Carlos Fraenkel, McGill University
Over the past few years, I’ve organized philosophy workshops around the world: with students at Palestinian and Indonesian universities, Hasidic Jews...
We don’t know if God exists, but we should keep asking
By Graham Oppy, Monash University
Disputes about the existence of God — like most disputes about religion, politics, and sex — almost always generate heat...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
