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Could thinking philosophically actually be therapeutic?From Plato and Sextus Empiricus to Wittgenstein, many important thinkers have thought of philosophy…
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Are terrorists just ordinary people driven to commit extraordinary acts?Since George W. Bush first declared a "war on terror," the US has been engaged in…
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Did you really want to eat that last piece of cake, or were you secretly thinking about your mother? Sigmund Freud, who might have suggested the latter,…
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Why repeating experiments in psychology is not the norm, and why it should be.
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How reliable are the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves? Descartes considered the mind to be fully self-transparent; that is, he thought that we…
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Why is everyone so gung ho on having an optimistic attitude? It turns out that pessimism can be a good thing. Find out why.Confidence, positivity and…
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This week on KALW's showcase for the best stories from public radio podcasts and independent radio producers... “Please,” produced by Helen Zaltzman for…
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There’s debate among mental health practitioners about whether to consider compulsive video gaming a "disorder" that requires psychiatric help. But one…
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In many African American communities, mental health issues have a history of being undertreated and underdiagnosed. According to the federal government’s…
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