Nancy Cartwright, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California San Diego, has been named the 2026 ...

In his book Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, E.O. Wilson laid out a grand vision for how the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities might be coherently interrelated. Given how ...

In 1997, I had a vision that I drew out in a flash that would change my life. It depicted the evolution of complexity that started with energy and grew into the dimensions of matter, life, mind, and ...

Philosophers explore questions about life on every level, from immediate ethical dilemmas to broader questions about human existence, justice, the nature of knowledge, and beauty. Philosophy majors ...

The debate over the nature of knowledge has long contended with the distinction between theoretical understanding (knowing that) and the capacity to perform tasks (knowing how). This research topic ...

Professor Helen Beebee challenges traditional notions of knowledge and progress in philosophy. She argues that unlike science, which builds on established knowledge, philosophy often grapples with ...

PROF. LADD, of Yale, is well known as an industrious writer on psychology, and upon philosophy regarded mainly from a psychologist's point of view. The present volume gives his Theory of Knowledge, ...

This is a longer read. Enjoy! If reports in the media can be trusted, then “knowing” isn’t what it used to be. It seems that we are all caught in a rip, being swept helplessly from a knowledge-based ...

The World Philosophy Day is celebrated on the third Thursday of November each year and this year it falls on November 17. The World Philosophy Day is celebrated on the third Thursday of November each ...

Gain critical knowledge of economic and social scientific methods and explore ethical questions regarding the use of science in the civil society and policies. The MSc in Philosophy of Economics and ...