Rational artificial intelligence sounds simple on paper: build systems that make sensible decisions based on goals, evidence, ...

Philosophers are interested in the nature, rationality, and ethics of trust. Each category is highly debated and raises thorny questions. For example, most philosophers believe that trust is a kind of ...

THIS DISCUSSION involves people with a large range of shared aspirations and commitments; in some cases at least, friends who have worked and struggled together for many years. I hope, then, that I ...

“We children of the Enlightenment embrace the radical creed of universal realism: we hold that all our beliefs should fall within the reality mindset... But as desirable as that creed is, it is not ...

IT shows in the shocking choices we make at the polls, the bizarre comments posted on social media, outrageous publicized ...

The proponents of civic conversations claim that civic conversations bring many benefits to civic life such as valid objective opinions, constructive communication, dismantling of stereotypes, ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. For someone who so frequently and serenely proclaims that he’s right, Steven Pinker can get ...