Even philosophers can't figure it out.
From Ancient Greece to Postmodernism.
Western philosophy is far from universal.
The surprising benefits of a strange theory
Relating language to a boundless world
There is no escape from the necessity of realism
Approaching an unknown world
How strange questions produce vital answers
How empty intuitions lead philosophy astray
Philosophers Judith Butler, Simon Blackburn, Massimo Pigliucci and more on the ideas that shaped their work and world view
Donna Haraway, Rebecca Goldstein, and more.
Are we better off without the concept of truth?
Panpsychism vs idealism
How this sober philosophy defies its critics
How philosophers create their own realities
When and how will the future begin?
‘Postmodernism’ is not to blame for the post-truth era
What’s the best way forward on consciousness?
Making sense of our essence
Flattening the natural and artificial
Interpretations are not enough to change the world
What's left after the end of history?
Facing up to the emergencies surrounding us
Shattering shared reality
Rejecting externalism
The dangerous power of images
Science, philosophy and cartography
Absurdist fiction and absurdist philosophy
Bringing consciousness back to the quantum table
Idealism vs panpsychism
Merleau-Ponty on consciousness and the lived body
Who we are and what we do
Camus' quest for meaning
The self is not in the brain, or the mind
Husserl, Heidegger and our social nature
The search for meaning and value