Contemporary philosophy has a problem. No one outside the philosophical tribe seems to be listening. The most abstract of the humanities, philosophy grows ever more marginal in academe. As core ...

Pitcher's scholarship focused on issues of contemporary philosophy, including theory of knowledge and philosophy of mind. He was an expert on early 20th-century Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig ...

Among our contemporaries, few have been more successful at maintaining a vigorous and productive balance between wonder and doubt than the English philosopher Roger Scruton. Of course, this isn’t the ...

A guide for those that are interested in philosophy, but are having trouble knowing where to start. The list is obviously not definitive and opinions as to how reliable some of the texts mentioned are ...

Plato and Aristotle in discussion, 1437, by Luca della Robbia (ca 1400-1482), marble tile, depicts two of the greatest philosophers, who wrote two of the all-time best philosophy books. Philosophy ...

Robert Gooding-Williams, a major figure in the contemporary philosophy of race and a leading historian of Black modern social and political philosophy, was recently appointed the Brooks and Suzanne ...

WP2 explores fundamental ethical and existential problems concerning the human condition and the meaning of life in individual and social contexts. It deals with the issues of evil, suffering, and the ...

The history of philosophy studies how philosophical ideas have developed over time and how thinkers from different periods responded to questions about reality, knowledge, ethics and politics. By ...

The M.A. program in Philosophy at Boston College offers students the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the history of philosophy and to work on topics as diverse as, for instance, Aristotelian ...

Major in philosophy and you explore 2,500 years of thought – starting with the ancient Greeks and Romans – and learn to make connections to such fields as law, gender, neuroscience, art and the ...