The qualities of our experience seem impossible to describe scientifically, but maybe we’re just not thinking about them right.
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Philosophy
If you haven’t yet listened to Emily Hanford’s Sold a Story, you probably should, now. It’s brilliant, if profoundly depressing. Very brief synopsis: the methods routinely used to teach children to read in the US don’t work well for large numbers of children, and the science of reading has been clear about this for decades. […]
John Mitchinson reflects on what he learned about the 'baffling presence of absence' when his father died in his arms
This newspaper will continue its special investigation into TV presenter Dan Wootton and expose wrongdoing in the established media – without fear or favour
How the theory of relativity explains our minds.
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The patron saint of calling BS, Harry Frankfurt, died watching his philosophy become more urgent than ever.
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It’s Sunday. It’s quiet. I’ll just clear the decks of my philosophy faux-infographics jokes. It’s not just trolleys. Some months back I considered it seriously: “Nietzsche’s key design insight: complex, esoteric ideas, appreciable only by the few — perhaps only by the One! — can be conveyed via simple, conventionalised iconography, suitable for delivering simple, […]
For this month's column, John Mitchinson pens a personal reflection on why knowing about what kills us makes it no less mysterious
Governments are run by political parties and for political interests – but they shouldn't be, argues philosopher AC Grayling
An open invitation to the Fremantle launch ...