Category - Philosophy

A philosopher considers whether the scientific and philosophical arguments against free will are reason enough to give up our belief in it.In our...

An accessible introduction to a concept often considered impossibly abstruse, demonstrating its power as a conceptual tool in the twenty-first ce...

An examination of the meaning of meaninglessness: why it matters that nothing matters.When someone is labeled a nihilist, it's not usually meant ...

This overview of the ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence moves beyond hype and nightmare scenarios to address concrete questions—off...

An insightful guide to the history, practice, and teaching of critical thinking for teachers, students, and aspiring critical thinkers everywhere...

A concise and accessible introduction to phenomenology, which investigates the experience of experience.This volume in the MIT Press Essential Kn...

What beliefs are, what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to evaluate them. Our beliefs constitute a large part of our knowledge o...