In the past, if a television didn’t work well, we’d just hit it. No one criticized that. If we lived with an AI robot secretary, would it be acceptable to slap its cheek every time we were ...

One of the quirks of book publishing is that a finished manuscript can sit around for nearly a year before it finally appears in hardcover. For most authors, this long liminal existence is a source of ...

Gabriela Ramos is Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO. Éric Fourneret is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Université Catholique de Lille, France. 16 November 2023 The ...

Anti-impact environmentalists want you dead; they will settle, in the short term, for you to feel guilty for existing, ...

In times of philosophical/cultural/political/racial/ethnic/gender — you name it — discord and division like we experience today, it is more important than ever to ...

In “Humanly Possible,” Bakewell brings her signature blend of wit and philosophical sophistication to the complex, sometimes contentious 700-year history of humanist thought. By Jennifer Schuessler ...

THE collection of articles and addresses presented in Mr. Schiller's volume exhibits all the characteristics familiar to readers of his previous work. Paradox is, of course, not wanting; humour ...