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161 words Kierkegaard's Silence on Slavery 201 words The irrationality of Stefan Molyneux and the critical error of moral universalism 145 words The Hysteria Accusation - Taking Women's Pain Seriously 150 words Rationality and divergent beliefs | It’s comforting to think those who disagree with our beliefs are simply irrational, but that just isn’t the case. We must be careful in our understanding of the complex factors that motivate beliefs. 124 words Expected Comparative Utility Theory: A New Theory of Rational Choice 117 words Life doesn't have a purpose. Nobody expects atoms and molecules to have purposes, so it is odd that people expect living things to have purposes. Living things aren't for anything at all -- they just are. 154 words Hoarding is NOT a prisoner's dilemma 205 words All words are objects or concepts. To exist an object must have a shape and a location. This is the only physically consistent way to define the concept of exist. 209 words [Race science] The dangerous veneer of ‘science’: The slippery logic and rhetorical tricks of the new proponents of eugenics 123 words /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 17, 2020 172 words What Nihilism Is Not 370 words Why design arguments for God's existence persist, and why they are ultimately unconvincing 966 words Time for ethicists to pay attention to "chronic fatigue syndrome" 722 words “We do not “come into” this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree”: A Guide to the Life and Philosophy of British Zen Philosopher Alan Watts 225 words Ataraxia: A Different Pursuit of Happiness 133 words Julian Baggini on Humour in Philosophy: 'the two major schools of 20th century european existentialism were Sartre and Camus in France, and Monty Python in the UK' 233 words Neuroscience proves Nietzsche right: some people are wired to be more spontaneous than others 138 words A Defense of Reincarnation 241 words Subhuman: The Moral Psychology of Human Attitudes to Animals 737 words You have more in common with a psychopath than you realise