The Best Articles in Philosophy

We have a great deal of trouble telling what is innate and what is learned in human nature, whether ideas or emotions

Scientists believe they have the answer, but philosophers prove them wrong.

«An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748), David Hume argues that inductive logic is unjustified. Inductive logic is the process of making observations and then drawing larger conclusions from limited data»

From classic texts to modern philosophy books for beginners, these are the best philosophy books to fill your shelves with.

Professor Jonardon Ganeri FBA explains the meanings and uses of philosophy, from the ancient world to the present day.

«To do philosophy nowadays is to attend to the ways things are by attending to the concepts according to which we understand them.»

INTRO Here’s a short introduction to some of the most fascinating philosophical issues about happiness. We are going to look at three...

Arnold Bennett’s How to Live on 24 Hours a Day explores a meaningful life by addressing the age-old question: how can we make the best use of our time?

«What you learn today becomes the scaffolding to solving tomorrow’s problem.»

“Courage, devotion, the spirit of sacrifice, are as contagious as cowardice, submission, and panic.”

Seven tactics from the ancient world that have stood the test of time

The modern world is disenchanted. God remains dead. But our need for transcendence lives on. How should we fulfil it?

We can't wait for tech regulation and competition reform to ensure ethical AI. We need to move forward now.

Every week now, it seems, events on the ground make a fresh mockery of those who confidently assert what AI will never be able to do, or won’t do for centuries if ever, or is incoherent even …

The practice of exercising judgment requires that very common sense upon which a common world is based.

Learn how to structure your day to maximize your Stoic practice and develop more courage, wisdom, and compassion.

Were it not for her friendship with John Locke, the radical feminist gems of philosopher Damaris Masham might be unknown

I was at the lowest point in my life. I needed a mind-altering jolt. In the end, everything—even the meaning of “everything”—changed.

Bonhoeffer's "theory of stupidity" posits that we have more to fear from stupidity than evil. The latter is easier to defeat than the former.

«onhoeffer’s argument is that the more someone becomes part of the establishment, the less an individual they become»

A timely guide to the Greek philosopher – and rival to the Stoics – who saw freedom from anxiety as the ultimate goal

«Unnatural and unnecessary desires, such as for wealth, power, fame or eternal life, are considered “corrosive”, to be avoided like the plague.»

What was the happiest day of your life? The documentary How to Live Forever asks that innocent question to a centenarian who offered an amazing response. “Armistice Day,” she said, referring to the…

«Hope often masquerades as optimism when you think things will improve only because the alternative is too scary to contemplate.»

Fight the tendency to see your life as a narrative journey.

«To see one’s life as a narrative arc, heading for a climax that it may or may not reach, is to see it as a potential failure; but one need not live that way.»

Why talking with people whose views you hate can help you (and, maybe, them)

«omber. He had done a fair bit of research and made some initial contacts with the men who could arrange his travel and equipment. He was deciding between his options: sneak over th»

When the going gets tough, the tough get philosophical.

«The right perspective in which to think about grief is that it is a manifestation of persisting love,”»

A new field of psychology has begun to quantify an age-old intuition: Feeling awe is good for us.

«Francis Bacon, described wonder as “broken knowledge” — a facet of the human condition, in other words, that defied his scientific method»

In Mexico, people who are “tocado” — “touched” — reveal that geological time can emerge through fissures in the land to alter the way we relate to our homes, cities and even ourselves.

Fortunate is the person who has reached the age of 50 without having had to grieve. To be among the grieving, the bereaved, is an experience most of us go through, excepting only those who die…

Other than the martial arts badass that he was (and he’s mostly known for), he was also a philosophy badass.

«Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”»