A philosophy scholar discusses fiction vs nonfiction
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An archeological revolution transforms our image of human freedoms
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How the novel became a laboratory for experimental physics
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I now think a heretical form of Christianity might be true
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The life-changing magic of Japanese clutter
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How come the Mormon, Republican state of Utah is so queer?
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Children today are suffering a severe deficit of play
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"Learning to be happier" by Bruce Hood, professor of developmental psychology
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What birdwatching in the Garden of Earthly Delights can teach us
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The difficult emotional labour of healthcare workers
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Ant geopolitics
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Indexing the information age - Over a weekend in 1995, a small group gathered in Ohio to unleash the power of the internet by making it navigable
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The new architecture wars
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"Disengage" by David J Siegel on finding space in modern life
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Loved, yet lonely - You might have the unconditional love of family and friends and yet feel deep loneliness. Can philosophy explain why?
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Two philosophy scholars discuss and advocate for secularism in Iran
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Since when is philosophy a branch of the self help industry?
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Why the empty atom picture misunderstands quantum theory
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Exposed: Slum photography was at the heart of progressive campaigns against urban poverty. And it was a weapon against poor people.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein in the classroom - his thoughts about teaching the student who responds in unexpected ways
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Rome’s libraries were shrines to knowledge – and imperial power
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On the mental health benefits of art and taking your mind off of yourself
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Why Runa Indigenous people find 'natural parenting' troubling
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How medieval thinkers foreshadowed modern physics in investigating the character of machines, devices and forces
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The return of silvopasture
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Worried that technology is ‘breaking your brain’? Fears about attention spans and focus are as old as writing itself.
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Archaeology and genetics can’t yet agree on when humans first arrived in the Americas. That’s good science and here’s why.
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Lady of the Gobi
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Poor teeth - If you have a mouthful of teeth shaped by a childhood in poverty, don’t go knocking on the door of American privilege
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The polyglots of Dardistan - At the crossroads of south and central Asia lies one of the world’s most multilingual places, with songs and poetry to match
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Beside the point? Punctuation is dead, long live punctuation
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Caring for the vulnerable opens gateways to our richest, deepest brain states
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How do ancient stories of talking elephants and singing birds encourage a life of truth, nonviolence and compassion?
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Promethean beasts - Far from being hardwired to flee fire, some animals use it to their own ends, helping us understand our own pyrocognition
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Women were the unseen healthcare providers of the Middle Ages
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When hope is a hindrance
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The American Aristotle
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The history of the jet: Digital culture built on the seamless speed of the jet age
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Democracy should be sentimentalist not rationalist
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Don’t farm bugs
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Scientists and economists sold Karl Popper’s ‘falsification’ idea to the world. They have much to answer for
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A theory of creepiness
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For Leo Strauss, public life was muddied by opinion and persecution, so philosophers should shield their work from view
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Bertrand Russell’s ‘scientific’ philosophy was a bulwark against nationalism
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None of our technologies have managed to destroy humanity – yet
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Where loneliness can lead: Hannah Arendt enjoyed her solitude, but she believed that loneliness could make people susceptible to totalitarianism
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Pippi and the Moomins - The antics in postwar Nordic children’s books left propaganda and prudery behind. We need this madcap spirit more than ever
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Philosophy’s systemic racism
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How Camus and Sartre split up over the question of how to be free
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How compulsory unionization makes us more free
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