Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: Interview with Christopher Tollefsen

One of the goals of this series is to explore the impact of technology on ordinary lives, especially the underappreciated negative aspects of the...

Recently Published Book: Michel Foucault’s Sexuality: The 1964 Clermont-Ferrand & 1969 Vincennes Lectures,

Bernard E. Harcourt is the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and a chaired professor...
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Understanding Morality and No-Self in the context of Western and Buddhist Themes

Can there be morality without self? Do we need a sense of self for morality and ethics to work? The question of selfhood or personhood...

To Learn Is Beautiful, But Who Gets To? Katherine Starting Out

Wanting to study philosophy, Katherine Cassese will be taking us through her time in college. As she prepared to leave Cleveland, Ohio for Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sidra & Jeremy interviewed her about her new mini-series.
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Recently Published Book: Seen and Not Heard

Jana Mohr Lone is the director of the University of Washington Center for Philosophy for Children, an academic research center devoted to scholarship and...
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Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: Quantum AI Invigorates Spinoza

Quantum artificial intelligence ("QAI") is revolutionizing computing because it is not limited to the binary nature of conventional computer bits (which must have a...

Marisa Diaz-Waian: Philosophy, like Love, Is For Everyone

Marisa Diaz-Waian runs a community-based learning program in outdoor Montana.

Why Relativism is the Worst Idea Ever

The philosopher Allan Bloom once lamented: ‘There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes,...
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Recently Published Book: A Face Drawn in Sand

Rey Chow is an acclaimed critical theorist and cultural critic who holds the position of Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at...
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The Case for Alternating In-Person and Virtual Conferences

In some countries such as the US, society is slowly beginning to return to a pre-pandemic normal. With a return to normal we can...