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- Ancient Cynicism, ancient philosophy for contemporary lifeTo combat the corrosive affects of contemporary cynicism implicit in the ineffectual carping that has so …
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- Ancient Philosophy, Classical Education, & ClassEdith Hall and Ansgar Allen are interviewed by Tom Sutcliffe on BBC’s “Start of the Week”. …
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- Pragmatism or Philosophy? Countering authoritarianismIn 1996, Richard Rorty delivered a series of lectures at the University of Girona in Catalonia, …
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- The Centenary of Wittgenstein’s TractatusLudwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logio-Philosophicus is an ambitious reconsideration of what philosophy is and what it can accomplish. A …
- Bhagavad GītāBhagavad Gītā: The Bhagavad Gītā begins with a moral dilemma: should Arjuna the great warrior, fight a fratricidal …
- From Darwin to DerridaDavid Haig, From Darwin to Derrida: From Darwin to Derrida (2020) is a roller-coaster ride for …
- “Take the Red Pill”It’s a tantalizing idea that dates back to the parable of the cave in Plato’s Republic …
- Philosophy as Poetry – Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logio-PhilosophicusLudwig Wittgenstein‘s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is a bold experiment in literary form and expression, in addition to …
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- Pyrrhonian Skepticism, an ancient school for contemporary lifeTwo different ancient schools called themselves “skeptical”, the Academic Skeptics and the Pyrrhonian Skeptics. Both expressed …
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- Contemporary theories of knowledgeWhat is knowledge? How much can we know? And how do we know anything? One major …
- Why is it so difficult to be rational?Being a rational agent is difficult. But why? We often think of it as psychological challenge, …
- Should we eat meat?Meat eating, like almost anything else we do, raises its own moral questions. Traditionally, objections to …
