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Medieval Scholars Believed in the Possibility of Parallel Universes
A 13th-century conflict between faith and science ultimately led to a surprising outcome: a medieval multiverse theory. By Sarah Laskow.
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The Magus of Paris
Joséphin Péladan’s mystical art exhibitions, in Paris, set the stage for everything from Kandinsky’s abstractions to Eliot’s “The Waste Land.” By Alex Ross.
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Quantum common sense
Despite its confounding reputation, quantum mechanics both guides and helps explain human intuition. By Philip Ball.
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Nietzsche Is Not the Proto-postmodern Relativist Some Have Mistaken Him For
By Patrick West.
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The CIA Assesses the Power of French Post-Modern Philosophers: Read a Newly Declassified CIA Report from 1985
We might assume that philosophy is an ivory tower discipline that has little effect on the unlovely operations of government, driven as they are by the concerns of middle class wallets, upper class stock portfolios, and the ever-present problem of poverty. But we would be wrong. By Josh Jones.
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Never-Before-Published Hannah Arendt on What Freedom and Revolution Really Mean
Thoughts on poverty, misery, and the great revolutions of history.
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Philosopher Drops Some Bombs
Hold on a second. I’m not sure exactly what he means by “artificial” (for there’s a sense of “artificial” in which all philosophical problems are artificial) but I suspect he has in mind something like “merely an artifact of our linguistic practice.” If all philosophy were like this, then sure, we’d have a problem. But it’s not. Further, it’s important to remember that sometimes we don’t know that a philosophical inquiry is going to end up being decadent and artificial until after we’ve done it.
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Dissolving the ego
You don’t need drugs or a church for an ecstatic experience that helps transcend the self and connect to something bigger. By Jules Evans.
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Kahneman's Mind-Clarifying System(s)
Feeling IS fast thinking. And emotions aren't always guilty of being irrational. Whenever pondering minds, always bear in mind Daniel Kahneman’s teachings on the brain.
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How a superintelligent AI might end all life of purely moral reasons
There has been many arguments made about how a super intelligent AI might be a catastrophe for the human race more profound than a nuclear holocaust. Many of these arguments consider the scenarios where the AI might be evil, might have a amoral goal or destroy humanity like we destroy ants who lie in the way of a new skyscraper.
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The Case For Panpsychism
Philip Goff thinks that everything has some degree of consciousness.
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At a time of zealotry, Spinoza matters more than ever
At a time of religious zealotry, Spinoza’s fearless defence of intellectual freedom is more timely than ever
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The Logic, Intelligence, and Wisdom of Believing Evolutionary Theory
Case one in which we build a logical semi-formalism (I hate too many overused symbols, I’d rather use words) to define belief, intelligence and wisdom.
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How to Die
As a psychotherapist, Irvin Yalom has helped others grapple with their mortality. Now he is preparing for his own end. By Jordan Michael Smith.
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Michel Foucault in Death Valley
A Boom interview with Simeon Wade. By Heather Dundas.
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Stanley Kubrick's Unbelievable Answer to the Question, "Is Life Worth Living?"
If this is the last thing you ever read, it will be worth it. By Jordan Bates.
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Master Minkowski’s Wild Ducks
Zen and the Glass Block Universe. By Eric Wargo.
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The Dying Art of Disagreement
To disagree well you must first understand well. You have to read deeply, listen carefully, watch closely. Proper disagreements arise from perfect comprehension; from having chewed over the ideas of your intellectual opponent so thoroughly that you can properly spit them out.
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The philosopher who was too hot for Playboy
Playboy challenged repressive sexual norms - it encouraged men to proposition women a little more. However, around 1970, when Playboy approached radical philosopher Herbert Marcuse for an interview, he gave them a proposition they weren’t expecting.
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Should Philosophy be a Core Subject at School?
Should reasoning be the fourth R is a question now being asked in some top independent schools. AC Grayling Provides some insight. Professor of philosophy and master of New College of the Humanities, AC Grayling, believes that children should be educated philosophy from age six.
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