From Socrates to Confucius, the world’s most influential philosophers have shaped human thought, ethics, and society. Through ...

New translations of Wittgenstein, Bachmann, and more in today’s reading list. Her critical writings explore the interrelations of philosophy and poetry, politics and prose—all against the backdrop of ...

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 ...

People outside the field often wonder what sort of research philosophers do. Philosophical research involves reading, analysis, thinking, responding to arguments, and developing and defending original ...