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What Pixar Understood About Emotions That 2,000 Years of Philosophy Got Wrong

Four principles of emotional intelligence, why sadness isn't the enemy of happiness, and what Inside Out reveals about how the brain actually works

... 3/31/26 Feelings That Work

Can You Like Something Beautiful Without Wanting It?

Kant's four features of aesthetic judgment, the neuroscience of liking versus wanting, and why your brain treats beauty differently from simple pleasure

... 3/15/26 Beauty and the Brain