This is part 3 of a series. See part 1 here and part 2 here. Daniel C. Dennett is an emeritus professor at Tufts University and one of the most influential philosophers and cognitive scientists of his ...

Philosophy studies the most basic questions we can ask. Instead of focusing on one part of life, it asks what sits underneath all of them. What counts as knowledge? What makes something real? What ...

TAMBOV, RUSSIA - 2020/12/21: Students wearing face masks sit in a classroom at the Tambov state university. In some cities of Russia, students were transferred to distance learning due to the ...

Reading about the closures of several philosophy departments has me worried that our centuries-old experiment of liberal arts education is ending. The United States has been trying to transform ...

If your young child asks “what’s the meaning of life?” you might laugh it off (how cute!) or freeze in panic (where do I even begin?). But children know otherwise. They ask big questions like “Why are ...

The American Philosophical Association is 100 years old. The philosophers wanted to celebrate. They decided to have a little fun. They asked actor, comedian and Monty Python co-founder John Cleese, to ...