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Philosophy can focus on some dull topics. Luckily, some thinkers have spent lots of time on the philosophy of sex
The patron saint of calling BS, Harry Frankfurt, died watching his philosophy become more urgent than ever.
A primer on Judith Butler’s theory of gender and performativity.
The idea is to study the thing itself — be it a work of literature, death, family, a car, a vaccine, or the hospital — without preconceived notions, trendy easy answers, or dogma imposed on it.
Stoicism is popular today but often misunderstood and misapplied. In fact, a naive interpretation of Stoicism is damaging to your well-being.
Or are cults the religions we find distasteful?
Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He’s a staff writer at Big Think, where he writes about philosophy, theology, psychology,[…]
Philosophy isn’t stuck in the past. Here are five texts to connect you with its ongoing dialogue.
Scotty Hendricks is a graduate student and long-time contributor to Big Think. He resides in Chicago.
A simple dice game shines a bit of light on the psychology of regret.
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The deep-thinking oddballs of West Coast cycle racing valued mid-ride marijuana over sports science.
Nobody knows where the word “penguin” comes from.
Far from being a “dead” pursuit that focuses on old ideas, modern philosophy proposes and debates important, new concepts. All of us can learn from it.
How one man’s divine dream became a poultry-shaped reality.
How does the mind interact with the body? Nobody really knows — but these philosophers ventured an answer.
What do Remus Lupin, Katniss Evergreen, William Wordsworth, and Usain Bolt all have in common?
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
The curiosity of children is a national resource. Adults destroy it.
Without modularization, many epic projects simply would be impossible.
From consciousness to nothingness and beyond, these questions still baffle the brightest minds. Will they ever be solved?