When talking about the successful we always want to know what they're like. What kind of personalities they have, how intelligent they...

Different societies have adopted different kinds of hierarchies. Race in America, Caste in medieval India, etc. These hierarchies are...

Abduction is a way of reasoning, like induction or deduction. It works by eliminating what’s obviously not true, and considering what’s...

Quick Preface : To philosophers, ‘personhood’ is a technical term. ‘Person’ doesn’t equal ‘human.’ “Human” is a biological term, you’re...

The idea that work might be fulfilling, rather than just painfully necessary, is a strikingly recent invention. Nowadays we don't only...

Why do we choose to entertain ourselves if our ultimate goal is to innovate? We spend the vast majority of our lives entertaining...

A thought experiment called The Trolley Problem has been used for years to visually demonstrate this question: Imagine that a runaway...

The mind, according to dualism, is composed of non-physical matter. Distinct from the physical matter of the brain. The mind is instead...

We all have thoughts, beliefs, feelings and emotions (often referred to as the "inner life of the mind"). Although we cannot be...

Discussion with Nicholas Mason on June 7th 2019 J : Juliette N : Nicholas Topic 1: Rational vs. Emotional N : “When you act you almost...

My first post is analysis of one of Voltaire's quotes. It is written in French but there will soon be an English translation available.