If philosophy's main goal is to figure out what makes life worth living, it is also, by extension, a preparation for dying. Plato knew this and took it to heart. And now we can listen to him again, ...

The question of what is true resides at the very core of philosophy, especially the Greek tradition that was so powerfully shaped by the trio of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Perhaps more than ...

A doctoral student in philosophy at the University of the Free State, Mark Amaridakis, recently reminded me of the important contribution made to philosophy — specifically the Critical Theory of the ...

You might have seen people saying things like, “This is my truth.” It looks like they’re merely describing their experience. In that case, it really isn’t their truth but THE truth about their ...

Jorah Dannenberg is the newest faculty member in Brandeis University’s Department of Philosophy. His work focuses on the area of moral philosophy. He spoke to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences ...

Teaching philosophy in schools, and promoting it in society, is urgently needed to enable citizens "to discriminate between truthful language and illusory rhetoric", President Michael D Higgins has ...