When I introduced Steven Pinker, it felt like our worldviews couldn't have been more different. Here's why that dissonance was exactly the point.

They are each built on one of three paradigms that has dominated international relations theory since World War II: realism, liberalism, and constructivism. Realists see politics as rooted in anarchy, ...

The theoretical physicist and best-selling author finds inspiration in politics and philosophy for rethinking space and time.

You may have looked to the nature of the learning objectives in each division. Students in library science gain knowledge ...

Visual metaphors and intuitive explanations abound in this entertaining, informative and accessible exploration of philosophy ...

Who Banged the Big Bang! reinterprets the Big Bang theory not only as the birth of the universe but as a profound metaphor ...

Philosophy of language and computer science, despite being very distinct fields, share a great interest in natural language. However, while philosophy has traditionally opted for a formalist approach, ...

Eliyahu Goldratt, although trained as a physicist, had a profound impact on industrial management with books such as The Goal (1984) and The Haystack Syndrome (1990). His contribution is based on the ...