The feelings needed to become a good philosopher “are not very common,” explained the philosopher Bertrand Russell, one of the intellectual stars of the last century. The good philosopher has “an ...

Svend Brinkmann’s Think is a book in praise of the thoughtful life and an easygoing exploration of the role of thinking in our lives today. The book is essentially in two parts. The first is ...

While the details vary, in general the work involves prompting AI models with questions designed to test the limits of their ...

The world’s leading AI labs are hiring philosophers to think through ethical edge cases and grand questions of mind and morality. Are they another instrument of hype?

Michael Sandel, the Harvard professor, has been predicting this political moment for decades. We called him to discuss where we go from here. By Lauren Jackson I am the host of Believing. Michael ...