Noga Arikha
Essayist, Philosopher and Historian of Ideas, Florence, Italy
Noga Arikha is an essayist, philosopher and historian of ideas. She is currently senior expert at the Florence School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Her books include Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours (2007), The Ceiling Outside: The Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind (2022) and Franz Boas: In Praise of Open Minds (2025).
Written by Noga Arikha
essayNeuroscience
The interoceptive turn
The science of how we sense ourselves from within, including our bodily states, is creating a radical picture of selfhood
Noga Arikha
essayWar and peace
How evil happens
Why some people choose to do evil remains a puzzle, but are we starting to understand how this behaviour is triggered?
Noga Arikha