Lewis Gordon and Nathalie Etoke discuss the space for freedom opened up by Black existentialist thought.

Generative AI has made it possible to create lifelike models of real people. Should we?

Within the next decade, we may well have systems that are serious candidates for consciousness.

In Foolproof, psychologist Sander van der Linden compares misinformation to viral infection—and claims to have a vaccine. 

Amna Akbar talks with Bernard Harcourt about his new book—and how we can build on existing forms of cooperation to transform society.

Feminist arguments against body modification are a dead end.

Martha Nussbaum on her new book—and why a full development of our humanity requires developing our capacities to care for animals.

Despite debates about scientific certainty, we do not need 100 percent consensus on a scientific claim to accept it as true. 

Reflecting on three monumental works of modernism a hundred years on.

Trans-inclusive policies are essential, but efforts to establish them must not lose sight of the structural oppressions that trans people face. 

Where is the line between professional philosophy and self-help? And how did we end up with this stark divide?

To discern why we fight, we should ask why we do not.

Feminist philosophers Kate Soper and Lynne Segal discuss the unsustainable obsession with economic growth and consider what it might look like if we all worked less.

Epiphanies can prompt us to view the world differently, a new book contends. But they are no substitute for ethical and political debate.

Science is always undertaken from a definite point of view, a new book concedes. But it enlarges our knowledge of the world through the interplay of different perspectives.

What if “post-growth living” could be an opportunity for greater pleasure, not less?

In his new book, philosopher William MacAskill implies that humanity’s long-term survival matters more than preventing short-term suffering and death. His arguments are shaky.

The systems that harm animals go hand in hand with systems that harm humans. Combating them requires inter-species solidarity.

How four women defended ethical thought from the legacy of positivism.

Though a means of escaping and undermining racial injustice, the practice comes with own set of costs and sacrifices.

On the first English translation of Wittgenstein's early private notebooks.

Her critical writings explore the interrelations of philosophy and poetry, politics and prose—all against the backdrop of a society remaking itself in the shadow of fascism.

A recording of a virtual roundtable to honor the life and work of Charles W. Mills.

How philosophical thinking can make truthfulness possible even when the truth can barely be fathomed.

The UN Convention on Refugees gives form to a humanitarian ideal, but states still judge what counts as harm and who deserves protection.

On feminism, sex, and the ethics of desire.

Conspiracy theories like QAnon are ultimately a social problem rather than a cognitive one. We should blame politics, not the faulty reasoning of individuals.

A recent government report gave UFOs a rebrand, but so many basic questions remain unanswered.

For economist Albert O. Hirschman, social planning meant creative experimentation rather than theoretical certainty. We could use more of his improvisatory optimism today.

Justice demands that we think not just about profit or performance, but above all about purpose.

Studying the social world requires more than deference to data—no matter the prestige or sophistication of the tools with which they are parsed.