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Ray Monk decodes the philosophy in the philosopher's photographs.

I don’t know what’s the matter with physicists these days.

To cut a long story very short I’ve extracted the information in the influenced by section for every philosopher on Wikipedia and used it to construct a network which I’ve then visualised using gephi

Much has changed in the decades since Rushkoff started critiquing the system. But his philosophy is still animated by a big question, one that applies not only to the digital spaces of the Internet: who programmed these spaces, and to what ends, and how can they be hacked into something better?

Is reality invented by our minds or are there truths "out there" for us to grasp? These are age-old questions that we have yet to fully answer. Still, we keep trying.

A few weeks ago I published at Rationally Speaking a guest post by my former (undergraduate) student Maaneli Derakhshani, who made a case for the scientific status of parapsychology.

Scientists think they can prove that free will is an illusion. Philosophers are urging them to think again.

It's time to think far outside of the box regarding our preconceptions of how to find extraterrestrial civilizations.

Collection of essays on the evolution of literary studies in the digital age, with theoretical and methodological reflexions on the relationships between nicts and the evolution of the reading/writing/editing practices.

Interactive philosophy tests and activities designed to tell you what you don't want to know about yourself.