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There is no such thing as free will, but we're better of believing it anyway.
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TIL about the concept of "amathia", a Greek term that roughly means "intelligent stupidity." This concept is used to explain why otherwise intelligent people believe and do stupid or evil things. "It is not an inability to understand but in a refusal to understand."
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The limits of tolerance - why religious identities are not immune to criticism
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Slavoj Žižek thinks political correctness is exactly what perpetuates prejudice and racism
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/r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 19, 2018
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"The Buddhist doctrine of no-self is not a nihilistic denial of your reality, nor should it provoke despair, but it should inspire confidence" | Jay Garfield
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Homosexuality is Abnormal but Not Morally Wrong
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Kierkegaard’s “The Gospel of Sufferings,” Discourse IV: “The Joy of It That in Relation to God a Person Always Suffers as Guilty”
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What William James got right about consciousness
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The new science of animal cognition is forcing countries to overhaul their laws
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09:15 Is killing other animals for food ethically defensible? This concise video examines the philosophical underpinnings to that question.
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A Robert de Niro Theory of Post-Truth
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The Epistemic Value of Faith
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The UN made today the official "World Philosophy Day!" Here's a short animation on how to be a better thinker.
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How Philosophy Can Help Physics | a philosopher helps Carlo Rovelli with the conceptual problems of quantum loop theory
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Macroscopic oil droplets mimicking quantum behavior: Implications for Bohmian mechanics. Summary in comments.
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Social media causing depression and anxiety?
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The ancient quarrel of philosophy and poetry pits comprehensive world views against mere rhetoric. But Plato paradoxically used rhetoric, suggesting that there's no 'pure' language for the truth
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The ethical value of human survival
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Philosophy shouldn't merely be taught as a 'core subject', it should be at the centre of all subjects
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