When pseudoscience is in power
The horoscope is near-harmless, until it moves into the ministry
Figs in Winter: a Community of Reason
By Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist, philosopher, and Professor at the City College of New York. Understanding how the world works, thinking more clearly, living more meaningfully.
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What philosophy promises
The Discourses of Epictetus, 1.15
From the Archive
The Figs in Winter archive is deep, here are some choice bits
How to travel with Herodotus & friends
Part XL of the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series
Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI
A secular-Stoic analysis of what the Pope has to say about the ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Suggested Readings
A few recommendations by Figs in Winter for your reading pleasure
Forget the good life, try the good day
What the Stoics can teach us about the only unit of life we actually control
The ancient contrast between otium and negotium
How to reclaim time for yourself without fleeing the world
Suggested Readings
A few recommendations by Figs in Winter for your reading pleasure
The river and the labyrinth – part II
Forget Whitehead’s process metaphysics, let’s get back to Heraclitus instead
The river and the labyrinth – part I
What process philosophy gets right, and where it gets lost
Video: How to be a (happy) Skeptic
Episode 25 of Ars Vivendi: Conversations on the art of living
Vitamin H: the science of happiness is weaker than you think
We’d like to know what really makes people happy, but it’s a hard problem
On contentment
The Discourses of Epictetus, 1.12