In 2016 scuba-diving philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith took the book world by storm with his unlikely best-seller “Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life,” which explored ...

The problem of explaining consciousness is the joint property of philosophy, psychology and neurobiology, though there have been times when none of these fields much wanted it. In philosophy, the mood ...

Peter Godfrey-Smith: "Without oxygen from the photosynthesis of cyanobacteria, life as we know it may never have evolved." Photo / Getty Images Book review: Once, there was a clever creature that ...

and culture Weekly update on developments in India and its neighbors Curated guides on geopolitics and current affairs Peter Godfrey-Smith is a professor of history and philosophy of science at ...