We’ve got used to identifying philosophy with thinking. The collocation ‘philosophical thought’ seems to be axiomatic, nearly tautological: indeed, philosophy is thought in its highest sense. None of ...

Massimo Pigliucci considers the usefulness of philosophy. Philosophy, as you probably know, means ‘love of wisdom’. However, if you wish to learn how to become wise I highly recommend you don’t walk ...

Socrates (470-399 BC) was an Athenian soldier turned stonemason who was inspired to do philosophy. Socrates taught the young aristocrat Plato (428-348 BC). Plato taught the doctor’s son Aristotle (384 ...

Richard Oxenberg on the need for an old paradigm, especially in ethics. In the Gospel of John, Jesus says to Pontius Pilate: “I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. Everyone on ...

Abdelkader Aoudjit thinks about postmodern political thinking. Enlightenment thinkers were optimistic. They thought that the application of the scientific method to all aspects of life would not only ...

Reincarnation? Disembodied survival? Resurection? Steve Stewart-Williams ponders the possible ways in which he could survive his own death, and decides that he doesn’t have a ghost of a chance. Human ...

Yoav Tenembaum asks when a policy of non-violence is feasible. Non-violence as a policy is based on the moral postulate that the use of force is inherently abhorrent, and further, seeks to link ...