Richard Rorty thought that promise had run its course. Philosophy and careful reasoning, he argued, can't ground any particular social order or moral ideal. | https://bit.ly/47VpA1b George Scialabba presents his alternative vision for politics—one grounded not in truth but in solidarity. #polsky

We once thought philosophy could step beyond the limits of human perspective, describing the world as it exists in itself. | https://bit.ly/4oB1yQ3 Philosopher Michael Kuznets argues that this attempt still ends up reaffirming the very human standpoint it seeks to escape. #philsky

“The universe may also be the ultimate Escape Room specifically designed for discovering clues and solving puzzles in order to escape,” argues Roman Yampolskiy. | https://bit.ly/3VQ45qI Tap to read as he delves into how we might be able to hack our way out of the simulation. #philsci

John Gray is one of Britain’s most eminent and controversial philosophers. | https://bit.ly/48dvwUw Known for his critiques of liberalism and the Enlightenment, Gray forces us to confront uncomfortable truths about civilisation, morality, and the illusion of progress. #philsky

A core value of Western liberal democracy is freedom, and we tend to assume that the more choice we have, the freer we are. | https://iai.tv/articles/too-much-choice-makes-us-less-free-auid-3416 But that’s a dangerous illusion, argues psychologist Barry Schwartz. #philsky

Just like the ancient Greek proverb, “know thyself”, new cognitive neuroscience suggests that cultivating self-awareness is key to wisdom. | https://iai.tv/articles/knowing-what-to-believe-auid-1888 Stephen Fleming considers in this article how we can know what to believe. #cogsky #philsci 🧪

As trust in the media fractures and different accounts of the news proliferate, join @cathynewman.bsky.social in this live recording of The Sacred podcast. | https://bit.ly/3JvPK2x Here, she is interviewed by former BBC journalist and director of Theos, Elizabeth Oldfield. #socsky

Nuclear power is now endorsed as carbon-free, with 30 countries signing a pledge to triple nuclear power capacity. | https://bit.ly/3XtbQ8R But author of Nuclear is not the solution M.V. Ramana argues strongly against this, claiming that nuclear promoters are ignoring the evidence. #philsky 🧪

Since Einstein we’ve viewed spacetime as fundamental, but modern physics from quantum field theory to gravity now suggests spacetime is doomed. | https://bit.ly/4qlMzL1 What lies beyond spacetime? Donald Hoffman explores further. #philsci #philsky ⚛️ 🧪

'“The line between imagination and reality is just not so solid.” | https://iai.tv/video/the-neural-border-between-mind-and-world-with-nadine-dijkstra Here Nadine Dijkstra addresses fundamental questions about the overlap between perception and imagery.

Is the future one where free trade is dead and high tariffs the norm? Or will it undermine trade, leading to a global recession? | https://bit.ly/4qSABsA To find out join Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven, Mark Littlewood, Ben Chu, and Greg Hands to find out more from the link in bio.

“The idea that every little thing is set in stone is a morally misguided philosophy,” argues Associate Professor Tracy Llanera. | https://iai.tv/articles/everything-doesnt-happen-for-a-reason-auid-3073 Tap to read as she exposes the myth of modern stoicism. #philsky

Social media platforms don’t just change how we look, they change what a self is for. | https://iai.tv/articles/the-pursuit-of-beauty-is-fragmenting-the-self-auid-3412 Author of Pixel Flesh Ellen Atlanta argues beauty culture intensifies and extends until our bodies fragment.

Can our core subjectivity survive bodily death? | https://iai.tv/articles/schopenhauers-sense-of-self-auid-1329 Bernardo Kastrup uses the work of Arthur Schopenhauer to explore the conception of self. #philsky

Most of us think that different languages refer to the same stuff "out there" in the world. But have we been confusing the realistic with the real? | https://bit.ly/3WjxX15 Join Sandra Laugier as she makes the case that there is no core of meaning shared among languages. #philsky #langsky

Rcent announcements about the giant ring structure in a distant part of the universe has put into question fundamental assumptions of cosmology. | https://bit.ly/3JhbH59 But Dominik Schwarz argues such interpretations depend on a misunderstanding of the cosmological principle. #philsci ⚛️ 🧪

Will we ever understand the cosmos? | https://iai.tv/video/physics-next-paradigm-shift-with-matt-odowd Join Matt O'Dowd to discuss cutting-edge black hole research, the possibility of extra-terrestrial life, and the next big paradigm shift in physics. #philsci 🧪 ⚛️

Despite the usual suspects of supply shocks and wage pressure, a new source of inflation has been blamed for the current crisis; 'greedflation'. | https://bit.ly/4hrrTxl Paul Middleditch argues that greedflation is a convenient excuse for central bank failures over the last decade. #econsky

Lou Marinoff argues against the pessimistic views of Hobbes and Freud to claim that war is unnecessary. | https://bit.ly/3VxdyFD She claims that the self-consciousness of humans allows us to negate our instincts towards aggression and hatred. #philsky

Can science answer the big philosophical questions? | https://iai.tv/video/in-conversation-sabine-hossenfelder-and-hilary-lawson Join Hilary Lawson and physicist Sabine Hossenfelder to discuss her attitudes to the problems of modern physics and the importance of philosophy. #philsci #philsky ⚛️ 🧪

Tap the link to read how Thomas Hertog, alongside Stephen Hawking at the end of his life, collaborated to argue for a model of the universe as a self-organising entity. | https://iai.tv/articles/stephen-hawkings-radical-final-theory-auid-3067 #philsci ⚛️ 🧪

This Remembrance Day and Veterans Day, a minority of people will know someone who served in WWII. | https://bit.ly/47IMpov But to truly honour the dead, former intelligence officer in the British Army Andy Owen, argues we must leave politics aside. #polsky

Are we wrong about the beginning of the universe? | https://bit.ly/4onZkn1 Join Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose, theoretical physicist Claudia de Rham, and philosopher of science Karen Crowther as they debate if we can determine the age of the universe once and for all. #philsci ⚛️ 🧪

“We should distinguish consciousness from the self, in my view unconsciousness is the one thing in this universe that actually can’t be an illusion,” argues Sam Harris. | https://bit.ly/47f2F0l Watch Harris, alongside Roger Penrose and Sophie Scott, discuss whether the self is divided. #philsci 🧪

Science tells us what things are made of, not what they are. | https://iai.tv/articles/on-the-ultimate-nature-of-reality-auid-3408 For Graham Harman, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, the world’s ultimate nature can’t be captured by equations or unified theories. #philsky

What is happening in the world of computational neuroscience, and will the world be ready for it? | https://iai.tv/video/copying-consciousness-the-future-of-mind-uploading Join Anders Sandberg, best known for his work on human enhancement and emerging technologies, to hear his talk. #philsci 🧪

Many believe Gregor Mendel's experiments offer a foundation for genetics, despite the neglected role of environments in heredity. | https://bit.ly/48QElEr Gregory Radick argues these critiques were sidelined, perpetuating the wrong idea that only genes determine traits. #philsci 🧪

As artificial intelligence transforms the foundations of work, we face the question of what will it mean to be human in a world of abundance. | https://bit.ly/47EYDi9 In this piece, Zoltan argues that we should reimagine the American Dream for the AI era. #polsky #AI #techsky

We believe reason is a pathway to truth. Yet from Popper’s demand for falsifiability to Darwin’s doubt about the mind’s origins, a more unsettling picture is emerging. | https://bit.ly/3WDuOti Samuel McKee argues that our greatest obstacle may be the very mind that seeks it. #philsci

“Attentive use of the imagination is, unlike fantasy, not a way to escape the world into a daydream but the route by which we become positive agents within the world,” argues Miles Leeson. | https://bit.ly/3WFplSA He explores Iris Murdoch’s view that imagination is not a way to escape the world.

With the increase in violence between Israel and Palestine, political rhetoric around the Middle East and Muslims has escalated in recent years. | https://bit.ly/4oV9rjh Ali Allawi, Ali argues that the situation in the Middle East is more than just about Islam or foreign powers. #polsky

Language shapes how we think, remember, and reason. But does it help us to uncover the fundamental nature of reality? | https://iai.tv/video/how-words-warp-reality Join Nick Enfield, as he explores why language excels at persuasion but falters at faithfully representing reality. #langsky

Medical errors are the 3rd biggest killer in the US & UK; specialisation contributing through incorrect diagnosis. Should we give up the idea that specialists are always the best? | https://bit.ly/4hiqc5o Join Mark Salter, David Healy, Caitjan Gainty, and Nick Lane to debate. #medsky #philsci 🧪

What if our deepest desire isn’t to be free but to escape freedom itself? | https://bit.ly/3JdsC8Q Benjamin Carpenter argues that the Persona series brings existential ideas to life, showing how our search for meaning is haunted by a longing to surrender the very freedom that defines us. #philsky

We tend to think of the present moment as an infinitely small, discrete period of time, but is this incorrect? | https://bit.ly/4qjMRSX Emily Herring argues that this is a mistake; time is a flow, containing past, present and future all at once. #philsci ⚛️

In ancient Greece Eros played a central role, but we have since forsaken the loving potential of Eros, particularly when it comes to philosophy. | https://bit.ly/4mAzPxf Sam Woodward argues that we should reclaim Eros to foster relationships based on a love for obtaining wisdom. #artsky #philsky

We think there's a mind-body problem because we can't give an explanation of the mind. But this is a mistake. | https://iai.tv/articles/we-dont-understand-matter-any-better-than-mind-auid-3065 John Collins argues that the mind-body problem isn't what we think it is. #philsky #consky

What is the nature of consciousness? | https://iai.tv/video/the-divided-self-sam-harris-roger-penrose Join Roger Penrose, Sam Harris, and Sophie Scott as they debate if the self is divided. #philsky

Echo chambers, polarisation and “post-truth” politics are destroying rational debate. Can democracy survive? | https://bit.ly/4qhCGyg Tap to read Chris Voparil argue that to overcome figures of disinformation online, we must rebuild bonds with those we disagree with. #socsky

At CERN's Large Hadron Collider, physicists explore the fundamental building blocks of the universe. | https://bit.ly/4ofnlw6 Join Yale Professor Sarah Demers as she describes how CERN researchers create, and learn from, these collisions at the energy frontier. #philsci ⚛️ 🧪

“Various online platforms promise us a “voice”… They falsely promise us a way of projecting this desire to address and control our fellow citizens out into the world,” argues Nicholas Smyth. | https://bit.ly/3JevGkO The internet creates dysfunction where subjective experiences are forgotten. #AI

“Hegel thought philosophy ought to begin elsewhere: not with the indubitable or certain but with the conceptually primitive,” argues Jacob McNulty. | https://bit.ly/4hd36wF Tap to read more about his argument that there is no logical foundation for logic. #philsky

We often link Freud to repression, but he also identified a subtler defense, disavowal: acknowledging an uncomfortable truth while acting as if it doesn’t matter. | https://bit.ly/47x86Il Philosopher Alenka Zupančič argues that disavowal is central to our political paralysis. #philsky #psychsky

Does science provide a complete explanation? | https://iai.tv/video/mystery-in-the-making Join Theoretical physicists Claudia de Rham and Avshalom Elitzur as they debate the mysteries of the universe with experimental CERN physicist Harry Cliff. #philsci 🧪 ⚛️

We tend to think of prejudice as just being about sexism, racism, and classism - but is this too narrow a view? | https://bit.ly/3JzcC0K Paul Dolan argues many of us practice a more subtle discrimination—beliefism—where we judge people's entire character on the basis of a single opinion. #philsky

Alyssa Ney describes some fascinating recent proposals ranging from the picture of the quantum world as a wave function in higher dimensions to the many worlds theory. | https://bit.ly/4oI9I90 Tap the link to watch her shed insights from the quantum world. #philsci ⚛️ 🧪

Providing an alternative way in which to hold reality, Closure takes the world to be open and disconnected from the language we use to describe it. | https://bit.ly/3WtNhIA Closer to Truth's Robert Lawrence Kuhn interviews philosopher Hilary Lawson as he explains his theory of closure. #philsky

In this review of the consciousness landscape, Àlex Gómez-Marín celebrates Robert Kuhn’s rejection of the monopoly of materialism. | https://bit.ly/3IBoW0l He explores the radical implications of new accounts of consciousness for meaning, AI, and human immortality. #AI #techsky #consky

We tend in the West to think of Chinese Confucianism as dominated by obedience, conformity and tradition. But this is a misleading caricature. | https://bit.ly/47SKcY3 As philosopher Justin Tiwald argues, many Confucian philosophers celebrate independent thinking and moral autonomy. #philsky

“We are arguably no nearer to engineering artificial consciousness than we were a decade ago. Instead we have engineered artificial language mirrors... and for the purposes of producing the grand illusion of consciousness,” argues Shannon Vallor. | https://bit.ly/4of9Z3c #AI #techsky