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Mindfulness
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

You Don't Know Yourself As Well as You Think You Do

The modern quest for self-knowledge is pervasive and often feels essential to living a fulfilled life.
Mindfulness
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

You Don't Know Yourself As Well as You Think You Do

The modern quest for self-knowledge is pervasive and often feels essential to living a fulfilled life.
#science
fromApaonline
1 month ago
philosophy

2019 Pacific Division Dewey Lecture: Philosophy, Science, and History: A Personal Perspective

fromApaonline
1 month ago
philosophy

2019 Pacific Division Dewey Lecture: Philosophy, Science, and History: A Personal Perspective

#nature
fromApaonline
4 days ago

The Weight and Limits of Academic Titles

Michel Foucault believed that knowing an author's identity has little value; what matters is how books are read for their own merits, irrespective of the author’s credentials.
philosophy
#quantum-mechanics
fromYoga Journal
6 days ago

15 Things We Constantly Have to Explain to People Who Don't Do Yoga

Yoga is most commonly associated with asana, the poses or physical embodiment of the practice. In reality, yoga is more of a philosophy than anything else, one that, when committed to fully, touches every aspect of your life.
Yoga
#artificial-intelligence
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

What Do We Owe Our AI Assistants?

We need to reconsider our ethical obligations towards AI assistants, moving beyond seeing them merely as tools.
The distinction between 'tools' and 'persons' influences how we recognize moral consideration for AI.
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

What Do We Owe Our AI Assistants?

We need to reconsider our ethical obligations towards AI assistants, moving beyond seeing them merely as tools.
The distinction between 'tools' and 'persons' influences how we recognize moral consideration for AI.
#death
fromAeon
1 month ago
philosophy

How ancient are our fears not simply of dying but of the undead? | Aeon Essays

fromAeon
1 month ago
philosophy

How ancient are our fears not simply of dying but of the undead? | Aeon Essays

fromThe Philosopher
1 week ago

What was Marx's Concept of Ideology?

Ideology can refer to a wide range of meanings, roughly grouped into neutral and critical approaches. Understanding these can help clarify its value or irrelevance.
philosophy
fromwww.hamhigh.co.uk
1 week ago

Festival is coming to Hampstead Heath with music and big ideas

The HowTheLightGetsIn festival of music and philosophy will return to Hampstead Heath this September, featuring a diverse lineup of speakers and performers.
philosophy
fromThe Conversation
1 week ago

The existentialist philosophy of Lana Del Rey

Speaking to Myspace as an upcoming artist in 2013, Lana Dey Rey said that the "vision of making [her] life a work of art" was what inspired her to create her music video for her breakthrough single, Video Games (2011). The self-made video, featuring old movies clips and webcam footage of Del Rey singing, went viral. It eventually led her to sign with a major record label.
philosophy
#morality
fromApaonline
1 week ago

APA Announces the Milton K. Munitz Prize and Lenore Bloom Munitz Prize

The American Philosophical Association has established the Milton K. Munitz Prize in Metaphysics, Ontology, and Cosmology, and the Lenore Bloom Munitz Prize in Value Theory, Social Philosophy, and Civic Virtue, awarded annually.
philosophy
#consciousness
#utilitarianism
#ai
fromABA Journal
2 weeks ago

Socratic Litigation: Imagining the curious case of the hamstrung hemlock

The case brought forth an unexpected twist in which Socrates, instead of succumbing immediately after ingesting hemlock, developed a severe rash, raising grave questions for the executioners.
philosophy
#marcus-aurelius
#friendship
fromThe American Conservative
2 weeks ago

Entropy Reigns

In the past, when I have watched Woody Allen's wonderful movie Stardust Memories, I have generally laughed at, but not necessarily with, the bleak pronouncements of the psychologically tormented character Sandy Bates, played, with a potent mixture of dread and depression, by Allen.
Right-wing politics
#critical-thinking
#human-nature
fromAeon
2 weeks ago

What's so awkward about an awkward silence? | Aeon Essays

If someone asks David a question during a talk and he doesn't know the answer right away, he will sit in silence for as long as he needs while he thinks about it.
philosophy
fromApaonline
2 weeks ago

Interview with New Associate Editor of the Women in Philosophy Series

"My Iranian name is Shadi, which means 'happiness' in Persian. When I immigrated to North America, I felt the need to adopt an English name as well."
philosophy
fromAeon
2 weeks ago

Why David Deutsch believes good explanations are the antidote to bad philosophy | Aeon Videos

David Deutsch argues that the distinction between good and bad explanations is fundamental for advancing knowledge, emphasizing that good explanations stem from unprejudiced thinking, relevance, and specificity.
philosophy
fromApaonline
2 weeks ago

Jacobi, Husserl, and the Guises of Nihilism

Jacobi argues that philosophy's insistence on total intelligibility through the principle of sufficient reason leads to nihilism by denying the intrinsic properties of individuals.
philosophy
#cognition
fromApaonline
2 weeks ago

2020 Central Division Presidential Address: Practical Possibilities and the One-Thought-Too-Many Objection to Moral Deliberation

Julia Driver addresses the complexities of moral deliberation, challenging the limits of rational consideration in ethical decision-making and enlightening the one-thought-too-many objection.
philosophy
#personal-growth
#education
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Critics Think 28 Years Later Has Lots of Braaaains

Predictably, 28 Years Later is said to be the first in a planned trilogy, and it does all the usual to-be-continued stuff, with ominous unexplained signs, dangling character arcs...
Independent films
#communication
#time-management
Mindfulness
fromBig Think
1 month ago

The dancing monk: Why mature people don't chase total control

Human beings struggle with accepting their mortality and limits while desiring control over their lives.
Mindfulness
fromBig Think
1 month ago

The dancing monk: Why mature people don't chase total control

Human beings struggle with accepting their mortality and limits while desiring control over their lives.
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

Artificial Excitements: How We Surrender to Electronic Media

Boorstin argues that modern individuals, especially Americans, harbor extravagant expectations of life, wanting the contradictory without acknowledging the nature of reality.
Digital life
fromInverted Passion
1 month ago

Life as a physical process - Inverted Passion

Defining all life as being Earth-like is too myopic. We must consider more diverse definitions to explore the universe for alien life.
Digital life
#literature
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Freedom and Shame in Addiction

To be sure, addicts typically suffer impaired control. But substance misuse doesn't involve tropisms and reflexes. The addict believes, and believes correctly, that there are ways, often requiring help and support, to regain and leverage the power of self-control, and to act and be different in the future than they are now.
Mindfulness
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Appeal of Stephen King's Softer Side

In the wrong hands, such a story would become inert on-screen. Its sentimentality could easily come across as maudlin, its structure too confusing to follow.
Independent films
Science
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A billionaire will pay a lot of money to shoot a recreated being': historian Sadiah Qureshi on extinction and empire

De-extinction prompts profound questions about extinction's meaning and human attitudes towards life.
philosophy
fromApaonline
1 month ago

Should States Be Allowed to Sell Their Citizenship?

Certain states should not sell citizenship due to relational egalitarian principles that emphasize equal relations among individuals.
fromThe Philosopher
1 month ago

"The Abolitionism-Reformism Spectrum": A Conversation with Jason Warr

"The debate between prison reformists and prison abolitionists is raw and heavily politicised, increasing the risk of misunderstanding each other's positions rather than engaging meaningfully."
philosophy
#self-exploration
fromArchDaily
1 month ago
UX design

likeuu Concept Exploration Center / Studio 10

The design of the likeuu Concept Exploration Center encourages adolescents to explore their identity through a multi-sensory experience, inspired by Nietzsche's philosophy.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago
philosophy

The Socratic Method Versus Motivational Interviewing

An alternative to the Socratic Method may be more effective for deeper self-exploration in philosophical counseling.
UX design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

likeuu Concept Exploration Center / Studio 10

The design of the likeuu Concept Exploration Center encourages adolescents to explore their identity through a multi-sensory experience, inspired by Nietzsche's philosophy.
fromA Philosopher's Blog
1 month ago

Appeal to Tradition 3: The Scope Problem

The appeal to tradition assumes that what makes a belief or practice true is its age; however, defenders rarely select the oldest practices.
philosophy
fromPhilosophynow
1 month ago

News: June/July 2025

Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, a prominent Congolese philosopher whose works reshaped perspectives on Africa, passed away at the age of 83, leaving a profound intellectual legacy.
UK news
fromPhilosophynow
1 month ago

Philosophers on Holidays

"More songs about Buildings and Food' was the title of a 1978 album by the rock band Talking Heads. It was about all the things rock stars normally don't sing about."
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
1 month ago

Remembering Michael Sterling Thomas I, artist, poet, philosopher, father

Michael Sterling Thomas, known as the Archangel Wizard, was a multi-talented artist from the Bay Area, leaving a legacy of creativity and philosophical wisdom.
SF parents
philosophy
fromWarpweftandway
1 month ago

Episode 20 of "This Is the Way": Confucianism vs. Buddhism (our first "live show")

Buddhism aims to alleviate personal suffering, raising debates about its perceived selfishness in ethical contexts.
fromWarpweftandway
1 month ago

2025 Annual NAKPA (Korean Philosophy) Conference at George Mason University

The NAKPA conference at George Mason University in 2025 will feature a keynote address by Prof. Young-chan Ro and collaboration with the Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture.
philosophy
UX design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Expo 2025 Osaka Pavilion null / Noiz Architects

The 'null²' pavilion blends digital landscapes with architectural design, reflecting contemporary themes of existence in a tech-driven world.
#existentialism
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago
Mindfulness

Learning to Live in the Present

Reality exists only in the present, and understanding time can enhance our self-awareness.
fromBig Think
1 month ago
philosophy

What Spinoza can teach us about living a great life

Spinoza's philosophy advocates for rational thought and morality to enhance human happiness despite societal pressures to seek fleeting pleasures.
fromBig Think
1 month ago

Three responses to grief in the philosophy of Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and Camus

"When we suffer the loss of someone we love, we know what it means to be left alone and behind. To know death, to feel and bear loss, gives someone an understanding that no poem, movie, or book could convey."
philosophy
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

When Chaos Reigns, "Act Accordingly" Might Be the Best Plan

Theories often fail to address real-life challenges and chaos.
Adulthood requires acceptance of reality over ideal concepts.
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