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is a Vice Chancellor’s doctoral scholar at the University of Cambridge and an affiliated researcher at the University College London Spatial Cognition Lab. Her research examines the impact of ...

is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Victoria. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Rosy hope seems out of step with the crises of our time. But hoping against hopefulness can ...

Psyche is a digital magazine from Aeon Media that illuminates the human condition through psychology, philosophy and the arts.

is a research fellow at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, and Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Her most recent book is Anxiety and Wonder: On Being Human (2024). She lives in London. Rare moments ...

is a National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leadership Fellow and scientist at the Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Australia. His work aims to help identify the causal ...