Philosophy
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Stephen Hawking to open Belief and Beyond Belief, a year-long festival of events and performances at London arts complex
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Intense scrutiny of the president-elect’s neurological quirks provide a starting point for insight into what makes us so creative, and so destructive
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On Monday we asked readers to pick a side in one of philosophy’s most contentious conundrums. Here are the results.
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Letters: It was not a historical accident that representative democracy, political freedom and economies capable of providing prosperity for all were pioneered in western countries
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Philosophy always takes place in a kind of cartoon world. A one-day course in the wisdom of Springfield is an ideal way to introduce the subject
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The Long Read: The values of liberty, tolerance and rational inquiry are not the birthright of a single culture. In fact, the very notion of something called ‘western culture’ is a modern invention
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In an extract from his new book, Duncan Green explores how change actually occurs - and what that means
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Dreamworld tragedy makes us aware of risks we usually don't heed, and we're all vulnerable
Matthew Beard for the Ethics CentreEach of us is vulnerable to unfathomably bad luck beyond our control. But our limited control mustn’t blind us to the things that are within our power -
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah says race and nationality are social inventions being used to cause deadly divisions
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Political science Why policy needs philosophers as much as it needs science
Adam Briggle and Robert FrodemanPhilosophers could help policy makers to ask the right questions. But to give this practical help, academic philosophy must take lessons from open science
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
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Being gainfully employed is about more than money. We need to consider what will give our lives purpose and connection in the age of automation
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After the breakup of a long relationship, the magician found himself pondering how to be happy – and he’s found that it’s simply a trick of the mind
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Loose canon: Liberalism is like living in a posh hotel, with no place to call home
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Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries
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The stories we tell around technology shape both our understanding and the future of technology itself
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The debate we are now having about the effect of constant internet access on memory and creativity has precedents thousands of years old
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There’s no paradox in finding your true self via virtual reality because everyday reality is a simulation, says self-help guru Deepak Chopra of his latest venture
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Mark Zuckerberg says VR will capture human experiences like never before – but is it really superior to what writers and artists achieved centuries ago?
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Will Brexit ever happen? Could Trump win? Is my job safe? The future right now looks headspinningly unpredictable. Is there any way to avoid this fear, anxiety and paralysis, and learn to thrive in a world in flux?
Daniel Dennett: ‘I begrudge every hour I have to spend worrying about politics’