What Boethius described was no symptom of carceral derangement; the lady was his metaphor for the power of philosophy to breathe life back into a deadened soul. With luck, you are not reading this ...

A few weeks ago I bought two chrysanthemums for my windowsill. After giving them the dose of water they clearly missed in the shop, I started musing on how closely plant care and philosophy are ...

Her superpowers as a philosopher sprung out of the frustration at getting her thoughts and herself across to people who ...

Having dreams is vitally important. They remind you of what you value and motivate you to strive and grow each day. A day ...

His two early papers “What Numbers Could Not Be” (1965) and “Mathematical Truth” (1973) — the latter of which came to be called “the Benacerraf problem" — became instant classics and are discussed to ...

Not trying in everyday life Understanding a philosophy is one thing. Living it is another. Wu wei, the art of not trying, ...

Can computers think? Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Is abortion morally wrong? Can anyone really know anything at all? By studying such difficult questions, students of philosophy learn ...

Others are serving natural life sentences and argue that the death penalty would be preferable. Lackey, the Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy and director of graduate studies in ...