Cognitive Ontology – Part 1

Luther’s teachings helped put an end to the sale of indulgences, and his charge of ‘laziness’ indicated a deep problem with the idea of supererogation. As the great Cambridge moral philosopher, Henry Sidgwick, put it over a century ago: ‘A…

The quotations in the book, which come from ancient philosophers such as Epicurus and Mencius through to contemporary literary figures including Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith and Wole Soyinka, are intended to show that humanism “is not a new idea, but…

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To see the importance and potential of this model it’s useful to recall the psychologist Daniel Kahneman’s well-known distinction between fast and slow thinking. Most everyday judgments are made through fast thinking: automatic, seemingly instinctive, and based on the way…

A good book review should tell the reader how the book fits in the intellectual landscape in a way that the reader cannot easily find out on their own. Explain what problem is being solved, how previous authors have attempted…