5+ hour, 44+ min ago  (201+ words) Posted June 24, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph. D. "It is still a metaphysical faith upon which our faith in science rests'that even we knowers of today, we godless anti-metaphysicians, still take our fire, too, from the flame lit by the thousand-year-old…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (721+ words) Updated December 9, 2025 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan Coffee Shop Confessions, Co-created by Grant Brenner and Claude: "I don't know what I am anymore," she says, stirring oat milk into her latte, thumb still scrolling through her phone where her AI companion…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (374+ words) Posted May 11, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina and I was overcome with a sense of insignificance. Today, I read a social media post where someone had asked a very similar question; "What does it mean to live a finite, fragile life…...

8+ mon, 4+ day ago  (996+ words) Legendary comedian Norm Macdonald, chronicling his longstanding addiction to gambling in his autobiography, recounted in it a moment in which his psychiatrist interpreted his fixation on gambling as a. .. Why Nihilism Is Lazy and Harmful How the existentialists help us better…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (741+ words) Posted June 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader "I am more forgetful these days. Is this normal for old age or am I getting dementia?" If you focus and try to remember, and still cannot remember, this may suggest a true memory…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (631+ words) Updated June 17, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch "Often when we least expect it, we all have to face overwhelming challenges. It is very tempting to give up, yet we have to find the will to keep going." "Christopher Reeve When his…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (766+ words) Updated June 16, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina Hume (1711-1776) pushed the empiricist position to its logical conclusion, which is that there are only two kinds of human knowledge: "matters of fact, which are founded in observation, and "relations of ideas, such as…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (581+ words) Updated June 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina In her book, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, essayist Rebecca Solnit offers a beautiful piece of advice for navigating the complexities of human existence: "Leave the door open for the unknown, the door…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (329+ words) Posted June 13, 2026 | Reviewed by Ekua Hagan Die Natur erkl'ren wir, das Seelenleben verstehen wir [Nature we explain, but psychic life we understand] " Wilhelm Dilthey, 1894 Understanding requires perspective-taking, and the other person's perspective, which we are seeking to capture, may be…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (730+ words) Updated June 13, 2026 | Reviewed by Ekua Hagan A recommendation letter. A publication. A research project. A professional introduction. Each appears to be a separate item. In many scientific and medical training environments, however, all four may be controlled by a single…...