In the following guest post, Michael Prinzing (Yale) discusses trends in philosophical discussions of happiness and well-being. Philosophy’s Happiness Literature: More of It, More Empiricalby Michael Prinzing Journal Citation Reports, a database of academic journals, includes 320 journals classified as…
The apple is the commonest and yet the most varied and beautiful of fruits… A rose when it blooms, the apple is a rose when it ripens. It pleases every sense to which it can be addressed, the touch, the…
On that singular moment at the end of life when all creative energy is concentrated and consecrated. By Maria Popova Listen to the hummingbirdwhose wings you cannot see,listen to the hummingbird —don’t listen to me. Complement with Emily Levine on…
“I just was wondering if you maybe wanted to get out of here and just catch up?” Aven says. Palmer asks if she’s all right. She replies with a “no” to the tune of “Are you seriously asking me this…
The program will be putting on various events and is currently accepting applications for an award and workshop on animal and AI consciousness. At present, the world contains quintillions of nonhuman animals. Human activity is increasingly shaping the lives of…
Complement West with the Night — a ravishing read in its entirety — with the pioneering polar explorer Frederick Cook’s lyrical account of the first Antarctic night and James Baldwin on the raw clarity of the small hours, then revisit…
The malarkey ends the wedding festivities. Instead of the seven days of feasting and jousting Viserys talked about, Grand Maester Mellos weds Rhaenyra and Laenor in the empty Great Hall. Queen Alicent finally arrives — wearing the war colors of…
Edward Harcourt, currently professor of philosophy at Keble College, Oxford University, will be taking over the reins of the Institute from Julian Baggini, starting in October. [edit of a photo by Keiko Ikeuchi] In a press release from the Institute,…
“Place and a mind may interpenetrate till the nature of both is altered,” the great Scottish mountaineer and poet Nan Shepherd wrote as she reflected on the relationship between nature and human nature. But what we call place — that…
This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. The iPhone 14 Pro has three main cameras: the wide angle at 1x zoom, the ultrawide at 0.5x, and…
In the springtime of her twenty-ninth year, long before To the Lighthouse and Orlando were but ink drops of thought at the tip of her pen, Virginia writes in her diary: Nearly a century before her, the young Virginia Woolf…
At the time of his death, Kripke was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science at CUNY Graduate Center. From 1977 to 1998 he was a professor of philosophy at Princeton University. Prior to that, he held positions at Rockefeller…