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Samuel Alito and the Ethics of Suspicion

Samuel Alito and the Ethics of Suspicion

Posted on 3 March 2025 by

Justice Samuel Alito, of the United States Supreme Court, professes to be an “originalist” about the interpretation of the law. The originalist approach, roughly speaking, says that judges should adhere […]

The Social Roots of Irrationality

The Social Roots of Irrationality

Posted on 17 October 2022 by

Many animals navigate their environments with the use of internal models. It is tempting to think of human beliefs as just a highly complex example of this strategy. On this […]

Why even bother with political debate?

Why even bother with political debate?

Posted on 8 October 2018 by

Debates about politics, whether in public forums or in private conversations, often seem to go nowhere. This is particularly true when the participants have diametrically opposed perspectives on how the […]