Excerpt from The First and Last Freedom What causes war—religious, political, or economic? Obviously, belief, either in nationalism, in an ideology, … More
Category: Philosophy for Everyday Life
Purposeful Universe: Beyond Theism & Atheism
by Philip Goff, professor in philosophy at Durham University, UK Neither atheism nor theism adequately explains reality. That is why … More
On Logic
Some have thought that logic will one day be completed and all its problems solved. Now we know it is … More
How to Enjoy Your Work
Enter only such field of study Or only such profession Or only such job or line of work If intrinsically … More
Who Does the Land Belong To: Israelis or Palestinians?
Lunatics & Philosophers
Secularism in Iran
The fact is that, as we have noted earlier, there is a large portion of Iranians within the country calling … More
How the women’s movement transformed society
After Betty Friedan got her Smith College classmates to complete a questionnaire about their lives at their 15th reunion in … More
UCLA Loneliness Scale
In 1978, a 20-item scale was created to measure one’s subjective feelings of loneliness and social isolation – the so-called … More
Identity Politics and Cancel Culture w/Norm Finkelstein
The contemporary culture war over the role of racism, patriarchy, and other questions of oppression and identity in American society … More
Know Thyself 