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The “scientific method” of high school textbooks does not exist. But there are scientific methods, and they play an essential role in making scientific knowledge reliable.
Philip Kitcher
A new book wants us to navigate life’s crossroads with the precision of a military exercise. But personal decisions are more difficult than even the most consequential political decisions.
Agnes Callard
Most charitable foundations are endowed in perpetuity. But John Stuart Mill argued eternal rights make for bad governance.
Rob Reich
Jean-Paul Sartre’s existential Marxism offers a radical philosophical foundation for today’s revitalized critiques of capitalism.
Ronald Aronson
There is still much to learn from the radical legacy of critical theory.
Seyla Benhabib
Fascist politics exploits freedom of speech for authoritarian ends.
Jason Stanley
In the mid-twentieth century, the Church radically changed its position on whether religion is a public or private matter.
Sarah Shortall
The pontiff still hasn't commented on Ireland's abortion referendum. That could all change when he visits the country in August.
Nancy Scheper-Hughes
Jeff Sessions is fond of citing the Bible to support the persecution of immigrants, in stark contrast to a long tradition of biblical interpretation.
Robert L. Tsai
When philosophy tries to reclaim Marx, the duty to interpret comes before the duty to change.
Bruce Robbins
Two new books—one on quantum physics, one on Thomas Kuhn—seek to reestablish the authority of reason and evidence.
Tim Maudlin
The focus on Muslim anti-Semitism obscures the real quandary of multiculturalism in Angela Merkel’s Germany.
Carlos Fraenkel
Remembering James H. Cone.
Cornel West
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