"Causal perceptions or expectations tell us in what order things happen. If I believe the impact is necessary for the glass to break, I perceive the shuttering after the impact—even if events followed a different order," says @UCL's Christos Bechlivanidis. psypost.org/2022/03/psycho…

Had a blast hosting Anita Leirfall for a discussion measuring the relations between reality and consciousness, a deep dive into Kantian ethics, and a landing around practical questions from outsourcing our abilities to AI all the way to sex labor in the modern context.

List of university presses that offer free access to academic books (links included): You can read books online for free and also download their PDFs. If you know any press like this that's not included in the list, please post about it under this thread.

In this podcast episode, Ravi Joseph talks to philosopher Christophe Porot about suffering as a path to philosophy, authenticity as a way out of suffering, and the possibility of religion after Immanuel Kant’s critique. open.spotify.com/episode/61mwyk…

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The not so bright future is here. 🥺

We are so excited to unveil the official cover for Jackson Crawford's The Poetic Edda: Expanded Second Edition! Learn more about this title here: youtu.be/XMTYLLqIRjU?fe…

On the train from Bergen to Oslo. Trying to work, but the guy in the seat next to me is humming loudly while wearing his headphones. Sigh. 🎧

RIP Helen De Cruz (1978-2025) 💔 Helen De Cruz — Professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, has died. dailynous.com/2025/06/20/hel…

Anita Leirfall gofundme.com/f/support-hele…

Mind-wandering, far from being mere distraction, is potentially a key part of how we connect our sense of self w/the world around us. While some people tune into bodily sensations when daydreaming, others don’t—w/implications for anxiety, depression & ADHD psyche.co/ideas/how-much…

I wrote a short piece remembering Helen De Cruz, who passed away yesterday. philipgoff.substack.com/p/helen-de-cru…

Taylor Carman's wonderful review of the late, great Helen De Cruz's "Wonderstruck." ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/wonder…

What’s Happening to Reading? | The New Yorker For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end. | By Joshua Rothman #AI #reading #PhilSky newyorker.com/culture/open-q…

My journal Røyst is hosting a Philosophy Festival in Bergen this September. Theme: The Philosopher and the City. DM me if you’re interested in participating.

Life's mysteries cannot be explained away, they are to be lived | Orfeas Chasapis Tassinis | ⁦Institute of Art and Ideas⁩ You think with your body as much as with your mind iai.tv/articles/lifes…

‘In an era in which AI is being proposed to do many human jobs, it takes a human to bear effective witness to humanity‘ Our crisis isn’t loneliness but human beings becoming invisible. When ppl aren’t seen, heard… isolation bcms a symptom, not the cause aeon.co/essays/our-cri…

The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay. Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves. forkingpaths.co/p/the-death-of…

Why do we clap? At the Cannes Film Festival, standing ovations can last for more than 10 minutes. It begs the question: what drives human beings to smack our hands together to applaud? bbc.com/future/article…

Prof Andrew Bowie takes the viewer on a robust intellectual history from Montaigne to Cassirer in search of key aesthetic elements to illuminate human experience. This episode celebrates the paperback release of 'Aesthetic Dimensions Of Modern Philosophy. youtube.com/watch?v=UKE8iZ…