If We’re Living in a Simulation, The Gods Might Be Crazy
This essay was originally published in Slate.
That we’re living in a computer simulation—it sounds like a paranoid fantasy. But it’s a possibility that futurists,...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Substance of Consciousness
Brandon Rickabaugh is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Research Scholar of Philosophy of Technology and Culture at Palm Beach Atlantic University and J. P....
Recently Published Book Spotlight: An Ethos of Blackness
Vivaldi Jean-Marie is Adjunct Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies Department (AAADS) at Colombia University. In his most recent book, An Ethos...
The Multiverse and Anthropic Principle are not enough
The question: why are we all here? used to be the purview of religion. The Bible claims that God created the universe and human...
Affirmative Action and the General Theory of the Second Best
Philosophers have a habit of approaching political problems in a certain way. They start by imagining a perfectly just world, then suggest ways of...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: Citizen Knowledge
Lisa Herzog is Professor of Political Philosophy and Dean at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen, Netherlands. She has written on the philosophical...
In defense of scientifically and philosophically (not politically) critiquing neurobiological theories of consciousness
On September 16th, an open letter signed by a group of 124 researchers labeled the integrated information theory (IIT) of consciousness pseudoscience. As Nature...
Quantum Physics Reveals the Unity of the Universe
This article was originally published on August 23rd, 2023 in the online magazine of the Institute of Art and Ideas: https://iai.tv/articles. This essay is...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: Simone Weil’s Political Philosophy
Benjamin P. Davis is a postdoctoral fellow in African American Studies at Saint Louis University. His recent book, Simone Weil’s Political Philosophy: Field Notes...
What Hegel Has to Teach Us about AI
This essay was previously published July 6th, 2023 in The New Statesman
In the summer of 2022, engineer Blake Lemoine posted to Medium a transcript of his...