Information and Data Will Never Deliver Creativity
This post was originally published by the Institute of Art and Ideas and is republished here with permission as part of the Blog of APA's partnership...
On Sentimental Value
We all have items of sentimental value—whether it’s a pebble picked up on the beach, a souvenir magnet from a trip abroad, or a...
Are We All Hypocrites About the Rule of Law?
Charges of “that’s illegal!” don’t seem to stick across the political divide. When the left charges Trump with illegal acts, the right points out Biden’s...
Medical Bias as Hierarchy
Just ten hours after giving birth to her second child via C-section, Kira Johnson died of haemorrhagic shock at Cedars-Sinai hospital, surrounded by some...
Towards a Democratic Economy
A strange cognitive dissonance is pervading our social life: we regard it as our inalienable right to govern ourselves democratically in one social sphere,...
Kant vs Hume: Can We Access Reality?
This post was originally published by the Institute of Art and Ideas and is republished here with permission as part of the Blog of APA's partnership...
Putting the “Social” in Social Media: Hannah Arendt, Political Judgment, and Online Polarization
The quantified metrics of likes, shares, and followers are often likened to currencies of social media. Like dollars and cents, we seek to acquire...
Through a Lens Darkly in the Digital Age
Some years back, my then toddler and I visited a friend’s house. Her children were excited to show off their recent accomplishments. My friend...
Trumpism, Illiberalism, and Political Morality
Because I am speaking to an already philosophically-oriented readership in this post, I am afraid it may seem a little "inside baseball." But for...
The Crisis of Academic Freedom at Columbia University
The proximate origin of the crisis at Columbia University, which has recently conceded to a range of demands by federal agencies that compromise the...