Twelve-year-old Jaysen Carr died in July 2025. While he swam in Lake Murray, a reservoir a few miles from Columbia, South ...

When Aristotle claimed that humans differ from other animals because they have the ability to be rational, he understood rational to mean that we could form our views and beliefs based on evidence, ...

Are we, the human species, unreasonable? Do rational arguments have any power to sway us, or is it all intuition, hidden motivations, and various other forms of prejudice? The answer isn't simple, but ...

“Wisdom shouts in the street; in the public square she raises her voice.” Proverbs 1:20 Common English Bible The Biblical book of Proverbs is full of imagery of wisdom personified as a woman calling ...

So, I’m close to burn-out. How do I know? A few days ago, in class, I was about to snap at a student when he said: ”Pascal is an idiot. He’s so irrational.” I felt shivers of rage (if this is possible ...

Steven Pinker’s new bestseller, “Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters,” is filled with riddles and quizzes and problems to ponder. Reading it, I bombed on every single one. The ...

Imagine a future society in which everything is perfectly logical. What could go wrong? “Scientism” is the belief that all we need to solve the world’s problems is – you guessed it – science. People ...