Experimental philosophers emerge from the shadows, but skeptics still ask: Is this philosophy? “If anything can be pursued in an armchair, philosophy can,” the esteemed Oxford philosopher Timothy ...

As this process is sub- or semi-conscious and the workings are hidden, an intuition appears to arise out of nothing, ex nihilo, and cannot, or at least not immediately or readily, be justified. But ...

If most scientists believe that Quantum Physics is counterintuitive, why do we use "thought experiments" which rely upon human intuition to try and understand it? originally appeared on Quora: the ...

At a wine bar in Corsica, I ordered a glass and shared some low-key wine talk with the chap who brought it to me. After some time, I ordered another glass, and we spoke again. I like testing my ...