Leiden has drawn freethinkers, such as Descartes and Einstein. Full of canals, cobblestone streets and murals, it’s the ...

It is ironic that a government and a system that seeks to reclaim the Indian ethos and the ancient Indian way of life is today working with models that are precisely the opposite The debate on the ...

Today privacy is not secrecy but selfhood. It remains an ethical space between what we owe others and what we owe ourselves.

When René Descartes watched a mechanical figure move with lifelike precision in the 17th century, the scene unsettled him.

Today, as the Quote of the Day reminds readers of humanitys restless relationship with time, Pascals words feel not historical but immediate. In an era defined by urgency and anticipation, his wisdom ...

A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something wholly unexpected.

Keanu Reeves' The Matrix redefined sci-fi with philosophy, style, and innovation. Here's how its influence still shapes films over two decades later.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Beth DuFault, University of Portland (THE CONVERSATION) People often see science as a ...

November 20 is World Philosophy Day. Having taught philosophy for the last 30 years, I have come across a lot of jokes about my profession. And rightly so perhaps. After all, every person in this ...

Every so often, you will see an article or a post on the role of philosophy in software testing. In 2023, for example, Joël Doat wrote Testing language models with the philosophy of Wittgenstein. This ...

For two decades, scientists have seriously considered whether we’re living in a simulated universe. A computer scientist at the University of Louisville explores ways that humans could try to hack our ...