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Philosophy

The Power of Small Wonderments

Alan Lightman’s three greatest revelations while writing The Miraculous from the Material.

November 19, 2024

How Reality Shapes Our Language—and Vice Versa

A conversation with UCLA philosophy professor Josh Armstrong.

October 10, 2024

The Reality Ouroboros

Toward a new understanding of the nature of reality.

September 4, 2024

A Hermit’s Reality

In solitude, this modern priest is meditating on timeless questions.

August 19, 2024

What Science Forgets

Human experience must be factored into science. The authors of a new manifesto argue why.

May 23, 2024

What Counts as Consciousness

Neuroscientist Christof Koch on human minds, AI, and bacteria.

May 6, 2024

I Never Stopped Learning from Daniel Dennett

Reflections on a philosopher who believed we can solve the problem of consciousness.

May 2, 2024

10 Brilliant Insights from Daniel Dennett

A glimpse of a mind jammed to the rafters with ideas.

May 1, 2024

Attorney for the Animals, Your Honor

In memory of Steve Wise, a tireless defender of animal rights.

February 19, 2024

Who Controls Your Thoughts?

Our minds are being coerced in covert ways.

January 22, 2024

Audio Feature: The Puzzle of Free Will

Tune in to an exploration of one of the great quandaries in science and philosophy.

November 2, 2023

Who Speaks for the Whales? 

Rights for cetaceans are not enough. They also deserve representation.

November 1, 2023