Maria said “yes.” They were married on February 7, 1857, and remained together until her untimely death of tuberculosis seven years later. Under the auspices of Maria’s love, Fyodor Dostoyevsky became the eternal voice singing in the cathedral of literature.…
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Professor Rubin works primarily in philosophy of biology and philosophy of science. She holds a sizable National Science Foundation grant for the project “Race, Gender, and the Science of Science“, to integrate considerations about the effects of researchers’ social identities…
Here’s a more specific breakdown, journal by journal. Of course with only 15 articles per journal, there will be lots of noise in the numbers when considered at this fine a grain. Although this is not a large database, the…
Both Shekeryk and Meoni said they would probably do things differently if they could go back in time, such as attending a community college for a couple of years to save on tuition costs. But Finetti noted how an affordable…
[S]ome philosophers of mind believe that they own a problem space that is concerned with conceptual necessities—necessary truths about psychological states and processes, discovered by conceptual analysis and so-called ‘thought experiments’. A necessary truth cannot, according to this approach, be…
[…] The insects have chosen a different line: they have sought first the material welfare and security of the hive, and presumably they have their reward. Men* are different. They propound mathematical theorems in beleaguered cities, conduct metaphysical arguments in…
Notes on the change that begins in the heart. By Maria Popova Thinking about this paradox recently, I was reminded of a passage from the indispensable 1955 essay collection Notes of a Native Son (public library) by James Baldwin (August…
It was not, of course, human. I was deep, deep below the time of man* in a remote age near the beginning of the reign of mammals. I squatted on my heels in the narrow ravine, and we stared a…
From one recent metastudy: Factors that seem to be contributing to problems with mental well-being, according to the metastudy, include: Estimates of the prevalence and severity of specific mental health difficulties amongst post-doctoral researchers and more senior researchers are scarce,…
Alex Jones turned his niche conspiracist publication into a goldmine for himself, and a powder keg for others. Though success is sometimes hard to gauge past video views and retweets, in the case of the Lincoln Project, much of the…
James writes: If we are not careful enough with the momentum of our own minds, we can live out our days in this expectant near-life existence. It matters not at all whether we are holding our breath for a triumph…