Philosophy

A neuroscientist uncovers Albert Einstein’s little known spiritual journey

On seeing and believing

The only way to make sense of our self is to expand it

Refute your friends and family, never be satisfied. Philosopher Agnes Callard on life lessons from Socrates.

How friendship with long-dead thinkers can help us live better.

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

A conversation with UCLA philosophy professor Josh Armstrong.

Toward a new understanding of the nature of reality.

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

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

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

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