“Some philosophers in both Indian and Western traditions set out on a metaphysical enterprise which asks two very tough questions at the same time: ‘What is the reality I see?’ and ‘Who am I?’,” writes Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad. | https://bit.ly/4mSKHaA #philsky

“Mobility and emigration, defamiliarisation and assimilation provided then, as now, unique opportunities for growth and a productive means for a larger shared understanding,” argues Robin Schuldenfrei. | https://bit.ly/4pil30z #philsky #socsky

Order and chaos shape fields from physics to psychology—but are they merely constructs to help us make sense of the world? | https://bit.ly/42oJEqH Avshalom Elitzur argues that the physics behind the 2nd law of thermodynamics is indisputable, exploring humanity’s possible end. #philsci 🧪

Why have physicists still not solved the Hubble Tension? | https://bit.ly/4nqTb8Q In this article, Marco Forgione explores recent attempts to resolve the tension and highlights the role of philosophy when science can’t make its mind up. #philsci 🧪 ⚛️

Nietzsche has been held up as the arch-philosopher of an aristocratic politics. Nietzsche claimed a lineage with Plato and his theory of an authoritarian state. | https://bit.ly/45Zd4Or But Donovan Miyasaki disagrees, arguing Nietzsche fails to follow the platonic model. #philsky #econsky

“Had Hobbes witnessed the Napoleonic era, the World Wars, the Cold War, the dozens of tribal and proxy wars since 1945, and the dozens of such wars still raging, he’d simply shrug and say he told us so,” argues Lou Marinoff. | https://bit.ly/3VxdyFD #polsky

“The practice of attention is a discipline of the mind that is infused with desire,” writes Elisa Magri. | https://iai.tv/articles/why-attention-matters-for-morality-auid-2711 If we ever want to gain a deep understanding of morality, we must re-centre our focus on ‘attention’. #philsky

You might think that having a meaningful life makes you more afraid to lose it. But studies reveal the opposite. | https://bit.ly/3KGh5il Psychotherapist Julie Hannan argues that we fear death because we fear losing the opportunity to live the life we have always wanted to. #philsky

Galileo called mathematics the language of nature, a truth most evident in quantum field theory, our most successful theory of nature. | https://bit.ly/4n1z5lP However, Timothy Nguyen argues that predictive success along is not enough for a fundamental theory of reality. #philsci ⚛️ 🧪

Of all the sciences, it is physics that has been seen as the key to understanding everything. But might its dominance be over? | https://bit.ly/4nOT1rR Join Professor John Dupré, philosopher Alex Rosenberg, and Professor Ivette Fuentes to debate the changing face of science. #philsci ⚛️ 🧪

Is perception a fantasy? | https://iai.tv/video/perception-as-a-fantasy-donald-hoffman Join Donald Hoffman to discuss his cutting-edge research about consciousness and perception, as well as its astonishing implications for the ultimate nature of reality. #philsci #philsky

We should stop worrying about what’s right or wrong, or about reaching moral perfection. | https://bit.ly/46C0Wlz Instead, University of Colorado at Boulder philosopher, Alastair Norcross argues we should focus on how we can do better and avoid doing worse. #socsky #philsky

Where would we be if amazing innovators and leading world figures throughout history gave up? | https://bit.ly/3W5iTUF And yet, psychoanalyst Adam Phillips argues that, for most of us, refusing to give up has dark and hidden consequences. #philsky #cogsky

The number of people accessing psychotherapy is on the rise. | https://bit.ly/3Nt9y5i While most therapies focus on emotional well-being, Katerina Apostolides writes that for many philosophical counselling might be a better option. #philsky #psychsky

"It seems that motivation plays a significant role in determining whether spirituality can be beneficial or dangerous," writes Australian sociologist Anna Halafoff. | https://bit.ly/427koFn Read more about spiritual complexity, science and meaning making in polycrisis. #philsky

What does quantum physics have to do with history? How can philosophy illuminate us about politics? Are we getting dumber as we enter a post-human era? | https://bit.ly/4gFZXW4 Join this packed exclusive interview with globally renowned philosopher Slavoj Žižek, to find out. #philsky #polsky

Within Western thought, cognition and emotion have traditionally been conceived as adversaries. | https://bit.ly/4naPcwO However, Thomas Dixon debunks the reason/feeling dichotomy and its historical connection with patriarchal ideas. #philsky

Human history shows a slow rise in mortality, population, and wealth - until capitalism triggered a dramatic spike in progress. | https://bit.ly/4nNWsPO But Samuel Miller McDonald argues this system cloaked environmental destruction and corruption under the guise of progress.

For decades, Bohr’s anti-realism triumphed over Einstein’s quest for a deeper reality. | https://bit.ly/3VkxQlt Jacques Pienaar argues we’ve been wrong all along—Bohr was not an anti-realist, and Einstein’s apparent realism is far from secure. #philsci ⚛️ 🧪

The worldviews and personal opinions of scientists are often thought to be irrelevant. But might this be a dangerous mistake? | https://iai.tv/video/the-values-and-prejudices-of-science Join as Tim Palmer, Shini Somara, and Ben Ware discuss the place of values in science. #philsci 🧪

The Copenhagen interpretation wasn’t a consensus, but a myth. | https://iai.tv/articles/there-is-no-copenhagen-interpretation-of-quantum-mechanics-auid-3368 Historian Noemi Bolzenetti shows how Bohr and Heisenberg’s clashes left puzzles that still challenge quantum physics today. #philsci🧪⚛️

A letter by distinguished scientists sought to discredit a leading theory of consciousness as pseudoscience. That was mistake. | https://bit.ly/3VekS8S No theory of consciousness is empirically testable, so strictly speaking, no such theory is scientific, argues Erik Hoel. #philsci #consky 🧪

Should we accept that wormholes are an invention we want to believe but for which there is no evidence? | https://iai.tv/video/down-the-wormhole Join George Ellis, Eric Weinstein, and Matt O’Dowd as they debate the myth of wormholes. #philsky 🧪 ⚛️

Many assume that a fixed gender binary has been a constant throughout human history, but Dr Maya Corry argues otherwise. | https://bit.ly/4g1Fw5u She looks to the masters of the Renaissance to challenge our contemporary understandings of beauty, gender, and the ideal form. #socsky #psychsky

Do strict moral codes prevent immoral acts? | https://iai.tv/video/the-hypocrisy-of-the-good Join as David Chandler, @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social‬, and Julian Baggini debate the hypocrisy of the good. #socsky

“It is simply mistaken to think that any other species deserve to suffer either more, or less, than humans do,” argues Professor Sophie Grace Chappell. | https://bit.ly/41Xh0Np Tap to read more of Chappell’s views that animal rights don’t need anti-speciesism. #ecosky

Serving under three US presidents, foreign affairs specialist Fiona Hill tells all about her remarkable journey. | https://bit.ly/426kQDG Hill shares her journey to the White House, becoming one of the key figures behind the West’s strategy towards Putin. #polsky #USpol

“It’s troubling to think that the deep structure of quantum mechanics violates such a foundational principle of relativity,” argues Emily Adlam. | https://bit.ly/423GMiQ Adlam argues that the idea the future can affect the past is the key to this quantum enigma. #philsci ⚛️ 🧪

When we think about great scientific progress in physics it’s easy to believe all the great discoveries lie behind us. | https://bit.ly/464F81A Tim Palmer, however, argues that the answers to Einstein’s theory of relativity and quantum mechanics lies in chaos theory. #philsky ⚛️ 🧪

“Parmenides formulated what according to Plato and others became the initial view of philosophy which echoes through the entire tradition, that thought and being are the same,” argues Rom Rockmore. | https://bit.ly/4p6Pdnu #philsky

Are anti-system movements today the greatest threat to democracy? | https://bit.ly/4gsGXKy According to political philosopher Jonathan Hopkin, the real political divide no longer lies in left vs right, or democrats vs socialists. #posky #socsky

For twenty years, we’ve been promised that the key to who we are lies in our DNA. | https://bit.ly/41WNG9M But as contributing editor @omariedwards.bsky.social argues the dream of a genetic blueprint has failed to deliver and may never have made sense to begin with. #philsky

“‘wilderness’ itself is a human construct, the rewilded landscape only gains meaning through its conceptual opposition to human civilization,” argues Eric Katz. | https://bit.ly/3VCr3U9 Tap the link to read more about his argument that rewilding policies are built on a paradox. #ecosky #socsky

Women worldwide are voting differently from men. Until the recent US election, this trend seemed to be growing, but has the gender gap peaked? or was the US an outlier? | https://bit.ly/4ppKE81 Join Catherine Mayer, Nicola Sturgeon, John Burn-Murdoch, and David Goodhart to debate. #socsky #polsky

"The unconscious is structured like a language,” argued Lacan. Now, with the rise of AI, Lacan's thinking has taken a twist. | https://iai.tv/video/the-language-of-the-unconscious Alenka Zupančič, argues that AI shows the unconscious is structured like a large language model. #consky #philsky

Our life is made up of experiences. But what experience is remains a mystery. | https://iai.tv/video/the-dance-of-life David Chalmers, Peter Hacker, and Susana Martinez-Conde have come together to question if experience is all that we have. #philsky

When we see, hear, smell and touch we’re not receiving reality, we’re creating it. | https://bit.ly/46GXxTB These are radical conclusions of neuroscientist, Karl Friston. In this exclusive interview he explains how to unify physics and psychology. #philsci 🧪 #consky ⚛️

This is the capacity to think, infer, and make decisions in ways that go beyond simple pattern recognition. | https://bit.ly/4prDEra In this interview, Michael Wooldridge explores what it will take for machines to develop higher-order reasoning. #techsky #philsci 🧪

“Animals may also have concepts that humans lack, for to share a concept is to share a form of life and the everyday practices that go along with this,” argues Constantine Sandis. | https://bit.ly/3JIw8b2 She claims that AI will allow us to translate animal language. #langsky #philsky #techsky

The philosophy of materialism has long dominated physics and neuroscience. | https://bit.ly/4ngZ7Bq Àlex Gómez-Marín argues that dismissing alternatives is the most dangerous form of pseudoscience. Presented in association with @closertotruth.bsky.social a partner of #HTLGI25 this weekend.

As a member of this huge blunt rotation: Londoners, please join me in conversation with Lord Glasman at the #HowTheLightGetsIn festival. We'll discuss the past and future prospects of Blue Labour politics and populisms of the Left and Right.

We are always told to be more productive and successful. But this takes a toll on our physical and mental health. | https://bit.ly/3VfvQen Join professor Catherine Liu, economist Tim Jackson, and journalist David Goodhart. to debate how to build hope in a world that doesn't care. #medsky #polsky

Sisyphus is forced to push a heavy boulder up a hill, only for it to roll down for eternity. Camus famously compared Sisyphus’ condition to the human condition. | https://bit.ly/3JLAxKs Read Ronald Aronson’s argument that our awareness of this condition that makes us superior to it. #philsky

From fervently Christian Trump supporters to religious members of Europe's far right and Modi's Hindu nationalists, religion is back in politics. | https://bit.ly/46yRrVn Jonas Jakobsen argues we must stop this rise of religious contamination in the political sphere. #polsky #socsky

Many have had the experience of an urge to do something wrong just for the hell of it. | https://bit.ly/4g1BpX6 Join Yale psychologist @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social‬ as he invites us to see the clever, creative and beautiful side of our impulses toward evil. #socsky #psychsky

Is creativity nothing more than an illusion? | https://iai.tv/video/imagining-the-universe Join Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose, Esther Freud, and Ian McGilchrist as they debate creativity, imagination, and whether or not they can help us reframe out understanding of reality. #philsky

The Big Bang theory crucially depends on the 'inflation' hypothesis, but one of its founders has denounced the theory as ‘scientifically meaningless’. | https://bit.ly/4njES65 Join as Eric Lerner, Claudia Maraston, and Julian Barbour debate if we should abandon the Big Bang Theory. #philsci ⚛️ 🧪

“The Big Bang, however, is not matter pouring into pre-existing space, but the expansion of space itself,” argues Geraint Lewis. | https://bit.ly/3JDr5Zw Tap to read more how the crucial differences between the Big Bang and white holes create more questions than answers. #philsci ⚛️ 🧪

We are currently sat on a population bomb. | https://iai.tv/articles/how-to-avoid-working-forever-auid-2900 Unless we rethink the way we fund retirement, and institute a 'Grey new deal' writes Teresa Ghilarducci, we run the risk of delaying a core part of our social contract. #socsky

“With deep roots in Western history, and blossoming in the 20th century, we find a widely shared belief in the ideal of what can be termed a unified self,” writes Kenneth Gergen. | https://bit.ly/4n5Rfm2 Gergen argues that the desire for self-unity is ultimately mistaken. #socsky #philsky