I’ve tried to make sure that it’s accessible to anyone without knowledge of analytic metaphysics. To set the scene, let’s first look at a kind reply by Goff to my recent rebuttal of his arguments ...

Why do some people love Impressionist paintings like Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” (1906) while others can’t understand the hype? The question of aesthetic taste has stumped scholars for centuries.

If asked, most people will claim they know how a toilet works. But when asked to explain, most simply can’t. Yale psychologists Leonid Rozenblit and Frank Keil called this the “illusion of explanatory ...

How can science be used to explain group dynamics? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer ...

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Could the Star of Bethlehem have been caused by a “great conjunction” of the bright planets Venus and Jupiter? On June 17, 2 B.C., the planets had come so close they would have almost appeared as one ...