In pursuit of balance, we may try everything but get to the bottom of nothing. Introduction One...
Philosophy
The nature vs. nurture debate has been in existence for a long time. This debate is one...
Utopia is an extremely important concept that has been shaping philosophy, sociology, arts, and many other disciplines...
Humanism involved study of classical antiquity that spread across Western Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th...
Humanist practices of learning were often perpetuated despite the occasional anti-humanist declarations. Introduction Along with the King...
The Athens fires were a dangerous reflection of Atomist philosophies that see the world as exploitable, for...
Though certainly interrelated, there is a difference between ‘western civilization’ and ‘western thinking’. Introduction [In October 2018],...
Ancient writers from Aristophanes to Plato to Plutarch reference her eloquence and power in a world controlled...
Information technology (IT) and artificial intelligence (AI) have become an integral part of society, economics, politics, and...
The word epistemology is derived from the ancient Greek epistēmē, meaning “knowledge”, and the suffix -logia, meaning...
Using modern technology to understand a network of eighteenth-century thinkers. Introduction In 1734, Voltaire fled Paris to...
He claimed that one’s senses alone could not be relied upon to apprehend true reality. Introduction The...
Kuhn’s contribution to the philosophy of science grows from his attempt to do history of science from a...
Hipparchia turned the ancient Greek paradigm of women being homebound and serving men upside down. Introduction Cynic...
Learning outcomes are tied explicitly to subject matter, but they can also be used to integrate critical...
Most modern philosophers of mind adopt either a reductive physicalist or non-reductive physicalist position. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew...
“Happiness . . . will not tremble, however much it is tortured.” By Dr. Darrin M. McMahonMary...
Examining eudaimonia in ancient philosophical thought, conventionally translated as “happiness”. By Dr. Juha SihvolaLate Professor of Ancient...
Think humans are born selfish? Think again. By Dr. Dacher KeltnerProfessor of PsychologyCo-Director, Greater Good Science CenterUniversity...
Philolaus is said to have claimed that mathematical reason has a certain affinity with the nature of...
He begged for a living and often slept in a large ceramic jar, or pithos, in the...
Gnostics promoted concepts of radical dualism that govern the universe. Introduction Gnosticism is the belief that human beings...
Melissus echoes Parmenides by objecting to a pluralistic view of reality essentially based on perception. By Daniel...
Pleasure plays a central role in all forms of hedonism. It refers to experience that feels good,...
Exploring the doctrinal positions of the Church in the context of the Western intellectual disputes around the...
Exploring how the ancient philosophers from Plato to late antiquity understood mental illness. Abstract This article outlines...
Philosophical systems developed first in the East, and a working outline proceeds from Mesopotamia to Rome and...
Guidance in revealing the “mystery factor” and naming the qualities of a logical, ethical argument. By Rebecca...
We can find important elements of Rousseau’s approach still alive and well in American politics and culture...
Neither nationalism nor the nation-state were fully developed concepts at the time Rousseau was writing. But what...