Freedom and Flourishing

  This question is of interest to me for two reasons. First, I am a fan of Ayn Rand’s novels. Second, in the first chapter of my book, Freed...

  In my discussion of Steven Pinker’s book, Rationality, I referred to his observation that people tend to have a reality mindset in the wo...

  This question is posed in the title of Chapter 10 of Steven Pinker’s book , Rationality: What it is, Why it Seems Scarce, Why it Matters. ...

  I was pondering this question while reading David Eagleman’s book, Livewired: the inside story of the ever-changing brain. Eagleman is a n...

  If someone had mentioned “scout mindset” to me a week ago, I would probably have thought they were referring to mottos of the scouting mov...

  I have dedicated the book to those who reflect on what it means to be a flourishing human. When individuals think about their own person...

  I have difficulty thinking of Aristotle as a blank slate theorist. The view that evolved psychological adaptations play no role in determi...

The practitioners of behavioral economics have tended to direct their research findings mainly at “choice architects”, including pater...

This might seem like an odd question, so I will begin by explaining why I think it is worth considering. Psychological well-being ...