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Between 30% and 50% of the population believes in ghosts – literature, philosophy and anthropology can explain why.
Philosophers say now is the time to mull over what qualities should grant an artificially intelligent machine moral standing.
Spontaneous thought, or mind wandering, occupies up to 50% of our time awake. In a time of COVID, the unruliness and unboundedness of our minds might be a great escape.
Western thinkers have long valued time alone as a form of inner rejuvenation. Here, then, are four benefits to solitude.
The horrific death of Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher, highlights the importance of the work of educators who are, more than ever, on the front lines of the fight for freedom of expression.
Is everything predetermined, or is it all random? Or is there something in between that we call free will that defies our attempts to explain it?
The education philosopher Paulo Freire would have denounced the pandemic-fueled proliferation of online schooling as an affront to democracy and a further entitlement for those in positions of power.
Through his work, the Argentinian cartoonist Joaquin Salvador Lavado Tejon, known to all as Quino, engaged in pointed social critique on a range of topics that are even more relevant today.
An 11th-century Persian philosopher, physician, pharmacologist, scientist and poet had a profound influence on both European thought and the Islamic world.
Philosopher Nick Bostrom’s theory suggests there’s a one-in-three probability we live in a simulation.
Hope may be a better option.
Becoming aware of your own mortality can be a liberating and awakening experience.
We’re supposed to suppress feelings of envy. But what if the kind spurred by school shutdowns, frontline work and cramped apartments are worth exploring – and acting upon?
An examination of academic publications since 1980 suggests the status of ‘cultural Marxism’ has been greatly exaggerated.
One of the hard things about life during a pandemic is the all encompassing lack of certainty. The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard can help us make our peace with this situation.
Challenge trials – purposefully exposing volunteers to the coronavirus – could speed up the development of a vaccine. But there are serious ethical concerns with this approach.
A new twist on an old experiment reveals several common-sense ideas about reality can’t all be true.
Over two centuries. the notion of boredom has shifted from an upper-class malady, through existential peril, to a functional emotion.
The problem with hypocrisy is that it shatters truth. If we believe in a principle, but don’t apply it ourselves, that principle is essentially meaningless.
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Pretoria
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Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law. President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics., Griffith University
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Assistant Professor in Philosophy and History, Bond University
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