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Philosophy & Religion, Science & Nature

The Quest to Tell Science from Pseudoscience

Philosopher Karl Popper famously asked how to tell the two apart. His answer—falsifiability—hasn’t aged well, but the effort lives on.

Michael D. Gordin

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Philosophy & Religion

Arts in Society, Philosophy & Religion

Did Christianity Create Liberalism?

On Larry Siedentrop's Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism.

Samuel Moyn

Philosophy & Religion, Science & Nature

The Virtue of Scientific Thinking

Scientists have discarded the moral authority that previously accrued to their vocation.

Steven Shapin

Gender & Sexuality, Philosophy & Religion

Sex Is Serious

When it comes to consent, feminists and Christians agree.

Elizabeth Bruenig

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Hong Kong's Umbrella Generation

One of the largest peaceful protest movements in recent world history.

Guobin Yang, Ran Liu

Law & Justice, Philosophy & Religion

"Does Torture Work?" Is an Immoral Question

It's like asking if slavery is good economic policy.

Judith Levine

Philosophy & Religion

Marcuse Today

Fifty years later, One-Dimensional Man looks more prescient than its author could have imagined.

Ronald Aronson

Global Justice, Philosophy & Religion

Zionism and the Right to Culture

Can Israel Be Both Jewish and Democratic?

Omri Boehm

Arts in Society, Philosophy & Religion

My Body Is a Cage

In Thrown, Kerry Howley explores the fleeting ecstasy of a brutal sport.

Jenny Hendrix

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Rethinking Privacy

A little surveillance can do us a lot of good.

William H. Simon

Forum

Against Empathy

Most people see the benefits of empathy as too obvious to require justification.

Paul Bloom

Global Justice, Philosophy & Religion

When Protesting Israel Becomes Hating Jews

History has shown time and again that it is not possible to dehumanize an enemy while treating their cousins, aunts, and uncles with respect. 

Jason Stanley

Arts in Society, Philosophy & Religion

Measure Words

A crosscultural reading group in Beijing.

Drew Calvert

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