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Students – and all manner of professionals – are tempted to outsource their thinking to AI, which threatens to undermine learning and credibility. A philosophy professor offers a solution.
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is neither a history of economics, nor a religious history. It borrows from both, but is stranger than either.
Kant’s 3 rules can offer a helpful check as to whether we are not only living well but thinking well.
We believe things because doing so helps us belong and upholds a certain moral order, but not necessarily because they are true.
We need to understand what AI means for how knowledge is created.
Trying to change someone’s mind can seem futile. But there are approaches to political discourse that still matter, even if they don’t instantly win someone over.
Shame is a feeling we struggle to know what to do with, precisely because we always seem to have too much or too little.
Avoiding boredom means we are denying ourselves access to our whole selves.
How did speech rules developed and promoted by the left become tools that could be wielded against it?
Western theories of consciousness tend to assume consciousness is about information.
The English cleric and economist’s name is used to malign critics of progress. But historical context sheds a different light on Malthus’ ideas, a scholar argues.
Philosophers have been trying to explain for decades why people like to simulate work in their free time.
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
Without critical humanistic reflection, it’s possible that AI will fail to contribute to a good society for all.
What if airport security checks were more of a security spectacle, whose effectiveness was primarily symbolic and social?
First published in 1625, the British philosopher’s collected essays mix poetic aphorisms with prescient reflections on ‘false news’ and ‘cunning men’.
Few philosophers have dedicated time to thinking about clothes. This compelling book explains why they should.
Whether AI can ‘think’ is a different question than whether it is ‘intelligent.’
Great film directors can create and convey philosophical concepts through imagery, just as great philosophers do through language.
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Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Griffith University
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Associate Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Honorary Associate in Philosophy, University of Sydney
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Professor, Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics, Nottingham Trent University
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Assistant Professor in Philosophy and History, Bond University
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Researcher, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Philosophy, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer in Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast