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In defence of dark energy | Nobel Laureate and dark matter pioneer James Peebles answers critics of dark energy.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_11r4or7 on March 14, 2023 at 12:23 PM in space

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Animals are moral subjects without being moral agents. We are morally obliged to grant them certain rights, without suggesting they are morally equal to humans.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_11yfrds on March 22, 2023 at 11:16 AM in philosophy

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We won’t understand consciousness until we develop a framework in which science and philosophy complement each other instead of compete to provide absolute answers.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_11whz47 on March 20, 2023 at 12:47 PM in philosophy

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The political left and right both use Nietzsche’s ideas to support their own political agendas. Yet neither grasp the full extent of his vision or political thought, and wouldn't like it if they did.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_11ru786 on March 15, 2023 at 11:55 AM in philosophy

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Orwell and Huxley foresaw grim, but very different, futures for the world and tried to warn us about it. In today's society, both of their dystopian visions are being realised.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_11jye2k on March 6, 2023 at 1:04 PM in philosophy

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Proving the existence of God through evidence is not only impossible but a categorical mistake. Wittgenstein rejected conflating religion with science.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_11f2lp3 on March 1, 2023 at 12:31 PM in philosophy

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Kafka sought to unmask the world that hides beneath what we call reality. What mattered to him were our intrinsic, subconscious experiences, in all their absurdity and apparent irrelevance.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_125o9yr on March 29, 2023 at 1:34 PM in philosophy

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Paradoxically, what makes you unique is your relation to other people. The more robustly we try to identify who we are, the more we become embedded in all others.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_123nwp8 on March 27, 2023 at 2:06 PM in philosophy

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Schopenhauer and Hegel’s feud was metaphysical: a pessimist who recognised the unchangeable essence of the world and an optimist who saw human history as perpetual growth could never get along.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_11to2qg on March 17, 2023 at 11:11 AM in philosophy

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Validating philosophical beliefs using intuitions is not a simple task, but this doesn’t mean intuitions should be dismissed as unreliable. Experiment and a priori reasoning can sort good intuitions from bad.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_11q765f on March 13, 2023 at 11:31 AM in philosophy

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No empirical experiment can prove or disprove the existence of free will without accounting for the inadvertent biases surrounding both the experiment and the concept of free will.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_11nndto on March 10, 2023 at 12:06 PM in philosophy

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There is nothing to say about truth, admits Simon Blackburn. Here he presents the deflationist approach to truth – one that aims to put an end to the search for a theory of truth, which Blackburn now recognises is futile

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_11m0owr on March 8, 2023 at 4:25 PM in philosophy

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Our emotional experiences reveal facts about the world in the same way our sensory experiences do. Trusting in either requires a leap of faith to some degree.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_11h0odz on March 3, 2023 at 1:23 PM in philosophy

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Why you should hate your job | “We are being sold a myth. Internalising the work ethic is not the gateway to a better life; it is a trap.”

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_11d9q93 on February 27, 2023 at 11:34 AM in philosophy

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Psychedelics help remove the object-oriented veil from our minds and let us experience a pre-conceptual subjectivity – a touch of the transcendent that has always been within ourselves.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_1174lp5 on February 20, 2023 at 11:44 AM in philosophy

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Arguments about the possibility of consciousness in a machine are futile until we agree what consciousness is and whether it's fundamental or emergent.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_112wa88 on February 15, 2023 at 11:53 AM in philosophy

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‘Logic’ and ‘facts’ are increasingly deployed as rhetorical weapons by the political right. But the dichotomy of rationality at one end of the political spectrum and emotion at the other is false and dangerous.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_10yr5z1 on February 10, 2023 at 12:49 PM in philosophy

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Newcomers to Philosophy often find it confusing, but that’s a good sign they’re engaging deeply with what are very demanding ideas; once it clicks, Philosophy becomes a toolkit for thinking more clearly about a vast range of things.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_10wuwzu on February 8, 2023 at 12:01 PM in philosophy

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Reality is an openness that we can never fully grasp. We need closures as a means of intervening in the world. | Post-postmodern philosopher and critic of realism Hilary Lawson explains closure theory.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_11apnzu on February 24, 2023 at 11:55 AM in philosophy

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Thought experiments claim to use our intuitive responses to generate philosophical insights. But these scenarios are deceptive. Moral intuitions depend heavily on context and the individual.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_118w3dr on February 22, 2023 at 11:44 AM in philosophy

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Reason and emotion are deeply connected. Understanding the interplay between them can help us make better sense of the world but eliminates the promise of objective rationality.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_114j04u on February 17, 2023 at 12:18 PM in philosophy

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“The principle of protecting our own thinking from eavesdroppers is fundamental to autonomy.” – Daniel Dennett debates the sort of free will it’s worth wanting with neuroscientists Patrick Haggard and philosopher Helen Steward

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_1117m51 on February 13, 2023 at 12:58 PM in philosophy

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‘Flow’, comparable to the Chinese concept of Wu Wei, dissolves our sense of self and transforms our experience of time. It’s an antidote to the modern world’s obsession with multitasking, but finding it depends on balancing the challenge of a task against our skill.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_10v57xf on February 6, 2023 at 12:18 PM in philosophy

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What makes humans unique is not reducible to our brains or biology, but how we make sense of experience | Raymond Tallis

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_10sk4px on February 3, 2023 at 1:19 PM in philosophy

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How to be a sceptic | We have an ethical responsibility to adopt a sceptical attitude to everything from philosophy and science to economics and history in the pursuit of a good life for ourselves and others.

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Submitted by IAI_Admin t3_10qtf8b on February 1, 2023 at 12:28 PM in philosophy

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