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Mind Over Matter A groundbreaking theory claims that everything in existence possesses some form of mind or consciousness — including, as one biologist suggests, the Sun itself. In a fascinating dive into this worldview, which adherents call "panpsychism," Popular Mechanics reports that this out-there concept has, in fact, existed for thousands of years, and in its […]

Richard Cockett’s tracing of how the Austrian capital has shaped western politics, economics and culture is essential reading

Call me an old Vienna Circle logical positivist if you must, but I’ve always held anything spiritual or metaphysical to be the most resounding balls. To quote a

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer,’ starring Cillian Murphy, is a cavalcade of white men in suits exchanging rapid-fire dialogue about physics and war. Here’s how to tell them apart.

Chance and paranoia shaped the life of the Austrian scientist and friend of Albert Einstein. His work has been key in the development of software engineering

We look back on this day in world and South African history, remembering the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.

Historians of science sometimes lament the fact certain historical figures are famous for the wrong reasons. Alan Turing (1912-54) is perhaps the best example of this phenomenon. Most people associate Turing with the breaking of an encryption device called the

Back in the 1930s, the British philosopher R. G. Collingwood developed an idea that would puzzle — even anger — his colleagues. Some, like his friend T. M. Knox, even went so far as to suggest that Collingwood's later ideas might have been the...

Four books and two plays that explain how the shadow of Austria’s past remains omnipresent | The Economist reads

Philosophy of science, the study, from a philosophical perspective, of the elements of scientific inquiry. This article discusses metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical issues related to the practice and goals of modern science. For treatment of philosophical issues raised by the problems and concepts of specific sciences, see biology, philosophy of; and physics, philosophy of. The history of philosophy is intertwined with the history of the natural sciences. Long before the 19th ...