Nov 13, 2023
Freedom: A Disease Without Cure
We are all afraid that new dangers pose a threat to our hard-won freedoms, so what deserves attention is precisely the notion of freedom.
The concept of freedom is deceptively simple. We think...
Oct 22, 2023
Mental Imagery: Philosophy,
Psychology, Neuroscience
Mental Imagery: Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience is about
mental imagery and the important work it does in our mental life.
It plays a crucial role in the vast majority of our perceptual
episodes. It also helps us understand many of...
Oct 6, 2023
Clancy Martin (University of Missouri in Kansas City; Ashoka University in Delhi, India)
How not to kill yourself: A portrait of the suicidal mind.
FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION • A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • An intimate, insightful, at times even humorous blend of memoir and philosophy that examines...
Jun 15, 2023
Lorraine Daston (Committee on Social Thought U. Chicago, Max Planck Institute, Berlin Institute for Advanced Study)
Rules: A Short History of What We Live By (The Lawrence Stone Lectures)
A panoramic history of rules in the Western world
Rules order almost every aspect of our lives. They set our work hours, dictate how...
Jun 15, 2023
Wendy Brown (Princeton)
Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber (The Tanner Lectures on Human Values)
One of America’s leading political theorists analyzes the nihilism degrading―and confounding―political and academic life today. Through readings of Max Weber’s Vocation Lectures, she proposes ways to counter...