Plato's cave metaphor illustrates the cognitive trap of ignorance, where we may be unaware of the limitations of our understanding.
Daniel R. DeNicola | Sep 12
Dennett's classic story raises deep philosophical questions about identity and consciousness.
Daniel Dennett | May 6
One can undergo a sublime experience even in the face of a life-threatening force.
David E. Nye | Feb 20
Only when clinicians dispel stereotypes about psychosis and understand the complex ways hallucinations can offer meaning, comfort, and purpose to patients can they truly guide them toward recovery.
Abigail Gosselin | Jan 15
Notes on my winter’s visit to Larung Gar, one of the largest academies of philosophy in history.
Matthieu Ricard | Nov 27, 2023
The next time you catch yourself doomscrolling, take it as an invitation to own your own horror.
Erik Davis | Oct 1, 2023
Our broken definition of play is drawn from a white European philosophical tradition that has harmed and erased people of color.
Aaron Trammell | Jun 15, 2023
Though he did not anticipate the power of symbolic mathematics, by invoking the example of codebreaking, the 17th-century philosopher prepared for the later union of mathematics with experimental science.
Peter Pesic | Feb 27, 2023
In the landscape of madness, time lies open and exposed.
Wouter Kusters | Jan 23, 2023
For as long as humans have existed, they have sought new tools, techniques, and technologies in their personal quests for actionable advice.
Michael Schrage | Dec 5, 2022
