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The Cold Logic of Drunk People
At a bar in France, researchers made people answer questions about philosophy. The more intoxicated the subject, the more utilitarian he or she was likely to be. Laboratory assistants have to do all sorts of terrible, embarrassing things, but surely this is among the silliest: Enter a bar in Grenoble, France. Identify people who look moderately drunk. Walk up to them, tap them on the shoulder, and say something along the lines of, "Uh, hey, this is awkward, but, would you be interested in answering some questions about philosophy?"
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Philosophy lessons lead to better behaviour and marks in Sydney school
Every Wednesday afternoon in term 3, all students at Malabar Public School put away their textbooks and gather in their classrooms to talk about everything from beauty and fear to terrorism and other global issues. The hour-long lesson is part of a growing movement to bring philosophy into public schools.
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Love, Philosophy & Socrates
In this post, the role of Diotima of Mantinea in Plato’s Symposium is explored. It is argued that the Peloponnesian priestess is represented within that work as not just Plato’s teacher, but also as the personification of beauty and wisdom. This enables Plato Plato and Socratesto establish a symbolism equivalent with Diotima’s teachings, and which permits an explanation of both Love and the drive to philosophise (itself an act of Love).
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A Liberal Decalogue
Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments of Critical Thinking and Democratic Decency. ‘Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.’ By Maria Popova.
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The relentless honesty of Ludwig Wittgenstein
“Language-games.” By Ian Ground.
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Is a Life Without Struggle Worth Living?
A 19th-century philosopher’s nervous breakdown can teach us something about finding peace in a world in crisis. By Adam Etinson.
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Why Progress Is Slower In Philosophy Than In Science
“Since science took its modern form in the seventeenth century, it has been one long success story.” By contrast, we philosophers “don’t seem to have progressed much in the two and a half millennia since Plato wrote his dialogues.” That’s the conventional wisdom, as described by David Papineau (King’s College London) in The Times Literary Supplement. But if there’s one lesson in philosophy, it’s that the conventional wisdom isn’t the whole story.
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Zombies Must Be Dualists
What the existence of zombies would do to our philosophy of mind. By Sean Carroll.
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Avant Museology: Hito Steyerl
A Tank on a Pedestal: Museums in an Age of Planetary Civil War
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What It’s Like to Learn You’re Going to Die
Palliative-care doctors explain the “existential slap” that many people face at the end. By Jennie Dear.
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A Harvard philosopher’s argument for not loving yourself just as you are
The importance of loving yourself is a common catchphrase among feel-good gurus and the subject of countless self-help books. But Harvard University’s Michael Puett argues that loving yourself—and all your flaws—can actually be quite harmful. Puett, who earlier this year published a book on what Chinese philosophy can teach us about the good life, suggests that ancient Chinese philosophers would strongly disapprove of today’s penchant for self-affirmation.
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Etymology & Philosophy: An analysis of Persons
A frequent tool used within the field of philosophy is that of conceptual analysis. That is, philosophers regularly deconstruct the logic, meaning and operation of concepts so as to gain a greater…
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Anger is temporary madness: the Stoics knew how to curb it
Seneca thought that anger is a temporary madness, and that even when justified, we should never act on the basis of it. By Massimo Pigliucci.
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Happy birthday Kierkegaard, we need you now
He is the dramatic thunderstorm at the heart of philosophy and his provocation is more valuable than ever. By Julian Baggini.
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The Root of All Cruelty?
Perpetrators of violence, we’re told, dehumanize their victims. The truth is worse. By Paul Bloom.
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Ideology Is the Original Augmented Reality
How we fill gaps in our everyday experiences. By Slavoj ŽIžek.
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A cult of fakery has taken over what’s left of high culture
From pickled sharks to compositions in silence, fake ideas and fake emotions have elbowed out truth and beauty. By Roger Scruton.
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What the Stoics did for us
Could a 2,300-year-old Graeco-Roman philosophy be the key to a happy 21st-century life? By Massimo Pigliucci.
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Jordan Peterson - Men can't control crazy women.
Men are defenseless against female insanity. Sane women could act as a regulating force. Sane woman have to stand up against their crazy sisters and say : "Enough of that".
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How Philippa Foot set her mind against prevailing moral philosophy
Philippa Foot was one of a group of brilliant women philosophers who swam against the tide of 20th-century moral thought. By Nakul Krishna.
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