What’s it like to go mad? Meet the man who found out
Unthinkable: Psychosis gave Dutch linguist Wouter Kusters an insight into mental illness
The Sack of Balbriggan: The burning of a town that shocked the world 100 years ago
Actions by Crown forces brought renewed focus on Ireland’s struggle for independence
President Higgins says British must face up to their history of reprisals
President says sack of Balbriggan 100 years ago was rooted in ideas of superiority
Why does philosophy have a problem with race?
Unthinkable: Racist views must be confronted honestly, says philosopher Aislinn O’Donnell
Journalism has become ‘ridiculous’: The case for turning off the news
Unthinkable: Self-help writer Rolf Dobelli is ‘calmer and wiser’ since going ‘news free’
Is your ‘true self’ a kind of ghost?
Unthinkable: One of philosophy’s great debates may be down to a misunderstanding
Why humans need mercy more than justice to survive
Unthinkable: When the robots take over you’d better hope they’re merciful, says author Malcolm Bull
Is it unreasonable to believe in miracles?
Unthinkable: It’s hard to envisage ever being able to prove a miracle took place
Want a kinder world? Then seek help
‘To be truly benevolent we should solicit the kindness of others,’ argues lecturer Seán Moran
‘What to do about the man on the train sucking a chicken leg?’
Coping: Many philosophers stress the importance of seeing people as individuals, not stereotypes but it’s hard
Joe Humphreys: How the left can rise again - in three easy steps
Values, free enterprise and religion can all play a part in winning over the voters
Individualism ‘great intellectual pitfall of our times,’ says Higgins
President speaks at University of Edinburgh where he received an honorary degree
Oliver Sacks, neurologist and writer, dies aged 82
‘Awakenings’ author known for accounts of unusual medical and psychiatric conditions
Creative Scotland pushing for revival of Scots language
First ‘scriever’ Hamish MacDonald says Scots ‘deserves and needs to be celebrated’
Unthinkable: Is religion just a matter of taste?
Ideologies have a power to build communities; that’s why they endure, says philosopher Alexandra Grieser
Frank McNally: Not a cloud in sky for Ireland rugby fans
Perfect views of the eclipse the ideal taster as the green army descends on Edinburgh
The moral sense of Down man Francis Hutcheson
The forgotten Irish philosopher liked to think the best of people
Have you a moral duty to care for others?
Kant’s lesson for nursing home operators: people shouldn’t be treated simply as a means to an end
Dáil Sketch: Roll up, roll up for Paschal’s grand tour of Europe
Audience of three TDs for Minister’s narrative
Imagine all the children thinking in the classroom
A John Lennon song provides the inspiration for fifth-class pupils to think in questions
Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, by Mark Blyth
Do austerity policies ever work? Not according to the author of this illuminating new economic history
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