Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) understood clearly the way that totalitarian politics thrives in an atmosphere of thoughtlessness and haste. (Bettmann / Getty Images) In the brave new world of instant ...

A basic understanding of philosophy is needed in order to really understand theology. This may sound like a terrifying prospect, especially if you have ever had to take a class in philosophy that ...

Source: Image created with ChatGPT/OpenAI This post is a continuation of a previous entry on the merits of analytical philosophy (see here for context). The reason, I suspect, that naturalistic ...

We have devoted our lives to philosophy. We want the field to survive and, if possible, prosper. But it is increasingly doubtful that academic philosophy can thrive in an era of declining budgets, ...

Will Durant did not expect his path-breaking book The Story of Philosophy to be so popular, both in his time and for decades after. The book, first published in 1926, can still be found in bookshops ...

Recently I’ve seen a spate of articles along the lines of "what philosophy can do for you", focusing on the high results that philosophy students score on standardised tests, the marketability of ...