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Children are taught to value the lives of other species less, according to a new study.
Julian Barnes’ Elizabeth Finch is an unrequited love story and a philosophical novel that asks how we understand ourselves and others.
Cutting-edge theories of physics suggest time may not be real – but even if they’re right, life can still go on as usual.
Apple TV’s Severance imagines what would happen to our sense of self if we could completely separate our work and home lives.
Hountondji comes across as the anointed enfant terrible of African philosophy.
The unique power of story is like a sharp knife, writes Claire Corbett. It is neither good nor evil, but can cut both ways.
What if cultivating your authentic self doesn’t involve self-reflection, but instead means focusing on what feels good and natural?
In his latest book, David Brooks questions human exceptionalism, drawing on the work of a wide range of thinkers and writers.
Written more than 200 years ago, Kant’s Toward Perpetual Peace sets out a plan for peace we can still aspire to achieve.
A focus on raw intellectual talent may unintentionally create a cutthroat workplace culture. New research suggests women’s preference to avoid that environment may contribute to gender gaps in some fields.
It is important to help young people understand what misogyny is and how it can lead to violence.
Warren Ward’s Lovers of Philosophy thoughtfully, and only a little salaciously, explores the impact of philosophers’ love lives on their thinking.
On International Women’s Day, two women writers discuss feminism, writing in the age of Trump and Covid – and being ‘flabbergasted’ by the absence of birth from Western art and philosophy.
Ama Ata Aidoo recognises the differences between humans and the existence of a history in which some humans are dehumanised.
We need long-term solutions, but the idea has been hijacked by a worldview that downplays climate risks.
As anxiety over the climate and environmental degradation rises, a scholar argues that teachings from religion and spirituality need to inform discussions on sustainability.
Kwasi Wiredu attempted to re-evaluate western philosophical concepts within Akan linguistic and conceptual frameworks to attain greater philosophical clarity.
Plus, a philosopher explains the history of the idea that we might all be living in a simulation. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Some argue the Big Bang was a rebirth rather than a birth.
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