On the Several Shapes of Loneliness
Loneliness is gaining increasing attention both as a subject of scientific investigation and as a social problem. In part, this is motivated by an...
Cavell and the Grammar of Politics
Stanley Cavell’s writings on skepticism in The Claim of Reason offer a lens through which to interpret the surprising connections between language and politics....
Tyla, Coloureds, Color, and Culture: Part I
South African singer and Grammy Award winner, Tyla Laura Seethal is under the spotlight of an uncharitable debate about her “Coloured” identity, which is...
Can Philosophy Help to Articulate Fair Principles for Low-Income Housing?
The need for more “low-income” housing—a now-standard label—in many parts of the United States has become a major issue during the 2024 presidential campaign,...
Performative Blame Avoidance
Higher education institutions are increasingly prominent sites for civic engagement. Just within the last year, dozens of student encampments have sprung across North America...
On and Off in Life and Death
Less than a year after the American philosopher Daniel C. Dennett put out his latest collection of quality ruminations on his life, titled I've...
Philosophers Can Be Awesome At Political Phone Banking
As I write, the 2024 U.S. federal election is in its final stretch, and it’s a nail-biter. A few thousand swing voters may well...
The Invader, Self-Knowledge: Four Science Fiction Films that Intuit the Human Future. Part 2: ...
Ex Machina (2014)
Arrival (2016)
Annihilation (2018)
I Am Mother (2019)
In the film Arrival, human exploration comes in the form of empathetic engagement by linguist Louise Banks....
The Origin of Covid-19 and the Politics of Science
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many scientists embraced the idea, based on past experience with other coronaviruses, that it was highly...
How Chinese Youth Engage with Vulnerability Theory: A Reflection
Vulnerability theory, which has gained considerable traction in Western legal and philosophical discourses, particularly in Europe and North America, remains relatively unknown in Chinese...