philosophy
January 23, 2016
A book published in January 2016, called “Bronner: A Journey to Understand” by Sherri Burgess from Birmingham, Alabama, has hit number 1 in the ‘Christian Death & Grief’ ...
December 30, 2015
In the world today, research in AI (Artificial Intelligence) has become increasingly active. Recently a new non-profit AI research organization “Open AI” was established. The main p...
December 16, 2015
“The reason why the ‘Laws of Justice’ is taught now is to create a ‘world we can believe in’, for we all have the right to live in such a world.” Those were the words of Founde...
December 8, 2015
World War II brought to light the fundamental disconnect between the East and the West. Distrust, disparate goals, basic philosophic, economic and racial barriers stood in the way of constructi...
December 1, 2015
The Question: Q. As a Japanese person, I think we ought to embrace both tolerance to accept a multitude a different values, while having the strength to explicitly state things when needed. Ple...
November 6, 2015
In June this year, China’s Shanghai stock market bubble burst, and stock prices are falling simultaneously around the world. The question is, to what extent this influence will spread. So...
October 27, 2015
The Chinese Communist Party is increasingly tightening restrictions on Hong Kong’s freedom to publish books banned in the mainland China, the October 17th issue of the New York Times repo...
February 25, 2015
The conflict in the Middle East is increasingly chaotic, with multiple factions claiming legitimacy in a wide variety of inter-related and overlapping issues. Recently, the conflict has seen spillover...
February 19, 2015
The man who was at the forefront of educating the gifted was the 19th century British philosopher, John Stuart Mill. He was given a rigorous upbringing by his father, James Mill...
January 21, 2015
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology recently expressed a stance to deny Happy Science’s spiritual messages as learning. How would Socrates, whose ideas and approa...