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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

Global Justice, Philosophy & Religion

History Matters, But So Does Politics

A response to William Hogeland’s “Constitutional Conventions.”

Sanford Levinson

Arts in Society, Philosophy & Religion

God

Philosophers weigh in.

Alex Byrne

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Constitutional Conventions

Public history should make us think.

William Hogeland

Arts in Society, Law & Justice

The Mourner's Hope

Martha Nussbaum’s bat mitzvah talk.

Martha C. Nussbaum

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Obama's Bolt from the Blue

. By restricting religious hiring rights, Obama’s faith-based initiative attacks the very thing it claims to be supporting. 

Lew Daly

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

American Dreamers

Pete Seeger, William F. Buckley, Jr., and public history.

William Hogeland

Philosophy & Religion

The Best of All Games

Philosopher John Rawls on the delights of baseball.

John Rawls

Global Justice, Philosophy & Religion

Pious Populist

Understanding the Rise of Iran's President

Abbas Milani

Global Justice, Law & Justice

Words Behind Bars

Do Prisoners Have a Right to Read What they Want?

Colin Dayan

Philosophy & Religion, War & Security

In the Sweep of History

Where realists and progressives can meet.

Anatol Lieven

Arts in Society, Philosophy & Religion

Whole Sight

On Artistic Passion.

Charles Johnson

Arts in Society, Philosophy & Religion

The Curse of Modernity

Philip Rieff’s problem with freedom.

George Scialabba

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