Tag: Philosophy
What’s lost when we’re too afraid to touch the world around...
Chunjie Zhang, University of California, Davis
During one of my daily walks with my toddler, when we passed his favorite playground, I noticed a new...
Think twice before shouting your virtues online – moral grandstanding is...
Joshua B. Grubbs, Bowling Green State University
In an era of bitter partisanship, political infighting and ostracization of those with unpopular views, Americans actually agree...
Think twice before shouting your virtues online – moral grandstanding is...
Joshua B. Grubbs, Bowling Green State University
In an era of bitter partisanship, political infighting and ostracization of those with unpopular views, Americans actually agree...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
