Thinking

I hate grading. I love teaching, though, and giving students feedback is teaching.

There is much more to the Kama Sutra than just sex. It’s a guide to anyone wanting more pleasure in life, however they take it.

It’s possible to measure philosophy’s progress in two ways. But is that really the point?

The attitude we take to Will Smith’s slap will mirror our attitudes to violence, masculinity, and protecting others more generally.

Modern applications of Stoicism show up in unexpected places, from the latest techniques in psychotherapy to texts on Christian theology.

“It’s not a secret that legal language is very hard to understand. It’s borderline incomprehensible a lot of the time.”

Outrage is a useful emotion that helped our ancient ancestors survive. Today, it leaves us feeling angry, tired, powerless, and miserable.

The ranking is encouragingly diverse, with the top 10 featuring representation from five regions.

A growing body of research shows that religious people seem to enjoy more psychological well-being compared to others.

The very concept of a “problem with no solution” goes against human nature. But we must accept this harsh reality to have peace in our lives.

Africa has the most universities in the 2022 rankings with over two thirds of the world’s youngest universities.

“What am I missing?” is a question that journalist Mónica Guzmán thinks more people should start asking.

When we fail to help in a bad situation, we are morally responsible. So, why don’t we pick up others’ litter?

It took a series of ingenious experiments in the 20th century to uncover some of our biggest cognitive biases.

Online Shinto communities have existed since the birth of the internet as we know it.

A lot of research assumes happiness is measured by comfort and material conditions. For Aristotle, it is about being the best we can be.

The gaze of another person can make us conceive of our body as an object.

Religion fosters traits that are helpful in a school system that relies on authority figures and rewards people who follow the rules.

We value human life in a way that assumes we possess a sacred something not found in beings like lambs, turkeys, or mosquitoes.

We forget how unnatural a lot of formal education is. “Learning how to learn” requires bridging the gap between the abstract and the natural.

According to Sigmund Freud, our revulsion at taboos is an attempt to suppress a part of us that actually wants to do them.

Is hope more realistic than despair? Aquinas thinks so.

More than a decade ago, Armenia made chess a required subject in school because it teaches kids how to think and cope with failure. The U.S. should follow suit.

The death of God didn’t strike Nietzsche as an entirely good thing. Without a God, the basic belief system of Western Europe was in jeopardy.

“I need to think about the future. Will you help me?”

Non-Western thought is vast and ancient, so why don’t some consider it philosophy?

Beautiful people really know how to catch a break.

The language you speak plays an important role in how you evaluate truth.

When reading critiques that inflate the uncertainty of science, ask these 7 questions.

Most things in the world can be seen in surprisingly different ways.