Philosophy

Philosophy

To fuel our bodies, we must eat other living things, killing them in the process. However, most plants and algae are autotrophs. They bootstrap their biomass without the barbarism of eating others: using photosynthesis, turning sunlight, water, and carbon into energy.

GenAI offers visions of a hopeful future, as it is a powerful tool that enables us to more clearly articulate our thoughts to others. However, the necessity of putting thoughts down on paper remains a crucial skill that risks disappearing altogether.

The children Abdullah, Aysha, Khalid and Layla stumble across a time-travel device in a lab, only to find themselves pursued by a rogue alchemist who has discovered its power.

Paul Churchland is a naturalistic philosopher who has written widely on philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, and philosophy of language. His primary focus has been on the neurosciences, particularly engaging with insights from artificial neural networks since 1986.

The Pew Research Center found that Americans were notably permissive regarding moral issues like spanking, euthanasia, gambling, and marijuana use, with few behaviors widely condemned.

The half-life of humanity is currently around 35 years, said Nobel laureate in physics David Gross as he concluded an evening lecture at the German Physical Society's conference in Erlangen in March.

Mistakes are almighty: you can't ever guarantee that the next moment will host no manifestation of a mistake. According to evolution theory, the diversity of life on Earth entirely emerges from copying mistakes of DNA polymerase.

Using artificial intelligence, researchers analyzed The Baptism of Christ at the microscopic level, looking for trends in the texture of the paint at the resolution of a single paintbrush bristle.

A study by the Center for the Study of Organized Hate found that the average number of Islamophobic posts jumped from 2,000 to 6,000 each day on X alone in the first six days of the conflict.

Christian television channels produced in the United States and Europe have made their way into Iranian homes, echoing apocalyptic ideas from American figures promoting the war. These broadcasts became tools for spreading messages to Christians and potential converts, positioning the region at the center of a long-running 'faith war.'

Billionaireism describes both the pathology that affects you when you are so wealthy that you're effectively above consequences and above moral consideration for others, and the pathologies that having a society dominated by such people inflicts on the rest of us.

Gould's findings were consistent with previous conjectures, where the apparent lower lung function of Black people was part of a justification for enslavement.

Theodore's experience with Samantha reveals a profound shift in understanding love, as he grapples with the idea of sharing an AI's affection with many others, challenging his human limitations.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson described Iran's majority faith tradition, Shiite Islam, as a 'misguided religion' while discussing the ongoing U.S. strikes against Iran on March 4, 2026.

Contemporary LLMs have become unsettlingly good at mimicking text-based chats between real people. Each string of text generated by these LLMs is generated by thousands of different servers all across the world.

"We do not know what thinking is. But we do know when we are not thinking."

For the Shakers, Dancing is both a means of revelation and a way to do the work of God in the world, Kimerer LaMothe, a dancer and philosopher of religion, said in an interview. To dance is to build heaven on earth.

In 2021, women held only 28% of professorships in higher education and research institutions, even though they comprised 48% of PhD students, according to data gathered from a sample of 900 EU and non-EU institutions.

Adek Stein expressed concern about recounting the sexual violence experienced by women during the Holocaust, stating, 'I do not want to go on, worried that the story is too drastic to recount in front of these girls.' His hesitation reflects the deep emotional scars that such memories carry.

'What if utopia was never a destination, but a method?' This question frames the exploration of how utopia can serve as a tool for continuous adaptation and change.

Gilman's essay Women and Economics, written in 1898, combined her feminist and socialist ideas with evolutionary theory, arguing that the seclusion of women to the domestic sphere is unjust and unprogressive.

Our main goals include sharing educational video materials developed over the past five years with overseas institutions and scholars engaged in Asian philosophy, East Asian thought, and comparative philosophy.

Virtue signaling often manifests in social media posts that aim to elevate one's moral standing without genuine commitment to the cause, leading to frustration among observers.

Zelda and Theology feels less like a novelty and more like a natural evolution of the franchise's cultural footprint, treating games as texts worthy of serious analysis.