Hypatia of Alexandria
August 10, 2025
Hypatia of Alexandria, late antiquity public figure and scholar, made significant contributions to mathematics, philosophy,…
Henri Bergson and the Flow of Time
August 17, 2025
Many people think of time as a series of events, like successive frames in a movie. But French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859-1941) argued that this widespread picture was wrong: everything is in constant motion, and can’t be captured by a series of static descriptions. So…
What Is Music?
From classical concerts to commercial jingles, music fills our lives every day. But philosophers disagree…
Weird Wants
July 27, 2025
Philosophers from Aquinas to Anscombe have claimed that wanting something means seeing the good in…
The 2025 Dionysus Awards
July 20, 2025
What movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things…
Schopenhauer: Living Your Worst Life
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) is considered one of the great European philosophers of the nineteenth century.…
Making a Better World
July 6, 2025
Some philosophers think that morality boils down to one idea: we should make the world…
Private Lives
June 29, 2025
Cultural attitudes towards privacy seem to be in conflict. On the one hand, we are…
Mexican Philosophy
June 22, 2025
From early feminist Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz to existentialist Emilio Uranga, from Indigenous…
Philippa Foot
June 15, 2025
Philippa Foot originally formulated the famous thought experiment, the Trolley Problem. Despite the vast industry…
What Is Gender?
June 8, 2025
Gender is a controversial topic these days, but people can’t seem to agree about what…
Can Art Save Us?
June 1, 2025
The world is facing an unprecedented environmental crisis, and we urgently need good ways to…
True Contradictions
May 25, 2025
If you want to tell the truth, you shouldn’t contradict yourself—that’s just common sense. A…
Mary Midgley
May 18, 2025
Mary Midgley became one of the best known public intellectuals in the UK, and was…
The Power of Prediction
May 11, 2025
You’re standing at the top of a mountain, surveying the vast landscape below. The information…
Derek Parfit and Your Future Self
May 4, 2025
The works of Derek Parfit (1942-2017) have had a profound influence on how philosophers understand…
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