Why Study Philosophy?

Philosophy makes a central contribution to the educational enterprise through its demands upon intellectual activity. Education in philosophy involves becoming aware of major figures and developments in the history of philosophy, learning up-to-date techniques and accepted answers to philosophical questions, and learning critical, interpretive, and evaluative skills that, in the overall scheme of things, may …

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Scientists Have Just Found An Untouched Civilization On Top Of A Mountain In The Amazon Jungle

Archaeologists have been exploring our planet for centuries trying to find evidence of prehistoric Civilizations all around the world. And while some believe there are no more of these Civilizations left to discover, a recent Discovery deep in the Amazon jungle proves that some ancient Civilizations have yet to be uncovered. In today’s video, we’ll …

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The Axial Age

The ‘Axial Age’ (500–300 BCE) refers to the period during which most of the main religious and spiritual traditions emerged in Eurasian societies. Although the Axial Age has recently been the focus of increasing interest,1-5 its existence is still very much in dispute. The main reason for questioning the existence of the Axial Age is that …

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A Most Interesting Problem

A Most Interesting Problem: What Darwin’s Descent of Man Got Right and Wrong about Human Evolution Join The Leakey Foundation for a free virtual celebration of Darwin’s birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Descent of Man. A Most Interesting Problem brings together seven world-class scholars and science communicators to explore what …

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What is really worth doing? A philosopher weights in.

Becoming a world record holder in pull-ups surely requires dedication and resolve. One might not expect a person who has accomplished that feat to be averse to a life focused on goals and achievement, but one might not expect the pull-up record holder to be a philosopher, either. Read more

Our Earth, Shaped by Life

Iwant to start with a proposition: if Earth had never come alive, it would be a profoundly different world. Conversely: the planet of today has, to a remarkable extent, been made what it is by the activities of lifeforms. Over the course of the planet’s long history, a history that extends back more than 4.5 billion years, …

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