Ryan Alexander

René Descartes’ mind-body dualism—the view that the mind and body are different kinds of things—haunts cognitive science to this day.

Peter Singer identifies speciesism as the view that a being’s moral status depends upon its species, the kind of being it is.

Peter Singer’s principle of equal consideration says that regardless of a sentient being’s race, sex, or species we ought to consider its interests no differently than any other.

Animal welfare activists argue for minimizing animal suffering, but animal rights activists also say we shouldn’t use them for our own ends.

Anti-natalists say it is wrong to procreate. In this article we’ll examine the role consent of the born plays in this controversial view.

The Gettier problem says that justified true belief is not sufficient for knowledge. In this article we’ll unpack what this means.

In this article we’ll briefly trace the history of skepticism, outline two popular varieties, and then see reasons why someone might be a skeptic.

Anti-natalism is the controversial view that procreation is morally wrong. This means that no one has a right to procreative autonomy, contrary to deep, entrenched moral convictions.