There’s an old joke that you’re not crazy if you talk to yourself. You’re only crazy if you reply. But some recent research suggests it might actually be the other way around. People who talk at and ...

Speaking is doing. This is one of the most significant insights to come out of 20th Century philosophy of language. In J. L. Austin’s landmark book on How to Do Things with Words, a series of lectures ...

Case in point: the steady drumbeat of evidence showing you’d probably do a lot better in life if you were kinder. Evidence suggests being kind to others helps people get ahead. But science is ever ...