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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

Class & Inequality, Philosophy & Religion

Budgetary Hemlock

Nevada Seeks to Eliminate Philosophy

Todd Edwin Jones

Global Justice, Law & Justice

Passing Through

Why the Open Internet Is Worth Saving

Evgeny Morozov

Arts in Society, Philosophy & Religion

How to be Happy

The Ethics of David Foster Wallace.

Leland de la Durantaye

Class & Inequality, Global Justice

Legerdemath

In my time working at Citigroup, I learned how to connive customers.

Omer Rosen

Gender & Sexuality, Global Justice

No Objections

Marriage has not been one unchanging institution over time. Features that once seemed essential and indispensable proved otherwise.

Nancy F. Cott

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Making Muslim Democracies

The history of Christian Democracy provides both reasons for optimism in Turkey. 

Jan-Werner Müller

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Sharing Liberally

The main argument of Cognitive Surplus rests on a striking analogy. 

Evgeny Morozov

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Ending the Endless War

Will Colombia’s democracy survive the violence?

Luis Fernando Medina

Global Justice, Law & Justice

The Case of Carter

A response to Colin Dayan's "Dead Dogs."

Daphna Nachminovitch

Arts in Society, Global Justice

What Does That Server Really Serve?

How programs like Google Docs rob users of their freedom.

Richard M. Stallman

Global Justice, Law & Justice

Right By Others

Vivian Gornick reviews Michael J. Sandel's Justice: What's the Right Thing To Do?

Vivian Gornick

Arts in Society, Philosophy & Religion

Know-How

H.L. Hix: Philosopher-Poet.

Troy Jollimore

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