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Ideas

Thought-provoking articles about human nature from diverse thinkers

Body image distortions are a normal feature of mental life | Psyche

Eating disorders

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Body image distortions are a normal feature of mental life

by Matthew R Longo

Why you shouldn’t shrink from challenging your loved ones’ views | Psyche

Conversation

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Why you shouldn’t shrink from challenging your loved ones’ views

by Matt Ferkany

The philosophy of selfhood became real when my mother got dementia | Psyche

The self

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The philosophy of selfhood became real when my mother got dementia

by Noga Arikha

The art of Ice Age children offers a tactile sense of the past | Psyche

History of art

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The art of Ice Age children offers a tactile sense of the past

by Izzy Wisher

Don’t be stoic: Roman Stoicism’s origins show its perniciousness | Psyche

Engagement and activism

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Don’t be stoic: Roman Stoicism’s origins show its perniciousness

by Henry Gruber

The question therapy doesn’t answer: who are we really, really? | Psyche

The self

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The question therapy doesn’t answer: who are we really, really?

by Eric Jannazzo

On the moral responsibility to be an informed citizen | Psyche

Ethical living

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On the moral responsibility to be an informed citizen

by Solmu Anttila

Philosophy can help us connect, even in the face of psychosis | Psyche

Hallucinations and delusions

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Philosophy can help us connect, even in the face of psychosis

by Rosa Ritunnano & Kasim Qureshi

We are all caught in a pessimism trap but there is a way out | Psyche

Engagement and activism

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We are all caught in a pessimism trap but there is a way out

by Jennifer M Morton

Can algorithms speak? And should their opinions be protected? | Psyche

Technology

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Can algorithms speak? And should their opinions be protected?

by Jennifer Petersen

Why do so many athletes turn to extreme and unproven remedies? | Psyche

Sports and games

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Why do so many athletes turn to extreme and unproven remedies?

by Nick Tiller

The reality of prostitution is not complex. It is simple | Psyche

Gender

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The reality of prostitution is not complex. It is simple

by Rachel Moran