Between the bookshelves and in his book, "The Outlaw John Locke," Twice Sold Tales co-owner John MacBeath Watkins' restless ...

Explore the foundational ideas of ancient Greek philosophy, from the naturalistic inquiries of the Pre-Socratics to the ethical frameworks of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. This concise overview ...

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John Koethe spent decades as a philosophy professor. The poems in his latest collection, “Cemeteries and Galaxies,” are full ...

A philosopher I know once complained to me that when he tries to explain his ideas to mathematicians, they claim that they don’t understand him, that he’s being unclear, ...

Outside academe, Heidegger lives on as the quintessential German philosopher, a brooder on death, angst, and the meaning of Being; a writer of briar-patch prose thick with compound nouns for ...

A philosopher of science explains how birds perceive time and space differently than humans Belgian philosopher of science Vinciane Despret spoke with Salon about her new book, "Living as a Bird" ...

Ask a Philosopher invites readers to think more deeply, and offers a reading list at the end, with suggestions ranging from writings by Lucretius to the philosophy podcast Hi-Phi Nation.

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