Massimo Pigliucci surveys the views of ancient schools. As we all know, the telos of life is eudaimonia. Or to use English, the goal of life is happiness. This immediately leads to two crucial ...

For people with fibromyalgia, pain is a constant, all-encompassing presence that radiates throughout muscles and joints, ...

The Human Experience Empathy & Sympathy James R. Robinson asks, how do they relate, and how do they differ? ‘Empathy’ and ...

One popular idea about what is uniquely human, is that what sets humans apart from the other animals is our ability to think ...

Blessing or Curse? John Creigan considers whether hope helps us thrive or holds us back. Hope is often celebrated as one of ...

Non-Western Philosophy Karma & Human Freedom Utkarsh Chawla tells us why we’re in the moral Goldilocks zone. What makes a ...

The Human Experience Love Letter Nigel Rapport steps towards a cosmopolitan love. “We are all human and should treat each ...

Non-Western Philosophy Indigenous Australian Philosophy Ross Naidoo looks at Indigenous thinking through a philosophical lens ...

The story of Russell’s philosophical account of the evils of German politics starts with the chaotic jingoism of the First World War. Prior to 1914, German scholarship had been widely respected in ...

Tim Madigan on a Philosopher-Prime Minister. “If you wanted nothing done, Arthur Balfour was the best man for the task. There was no equal to him.” Winston Churchill With the elevation of David ...

Ian James Kidd introduces an iconic iconoclast of the philosophy of science. Paul Feyerabend (1924-1994) was not a conventional philosopher – a fact he delighted in and took great care to maintain. He ...