Contemporary philosophy has a problem. No one outside the philosophical tribe seems to be listening. The most abstract of the humanities, philosophy grows ever more marginal in academe. As core ...

Pitcher's scholarship focused on issues of contemporary philosophy, including theory of knowledge and philosophy of mind. He was an expert on early 20th-century Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig ...

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A guide for those that are interested in philosophy, but are having trouble knowing where to start. The list is obviously not definitive and opinions as to how reliable some of the texts mentioned are ...

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 ...

If you’ve studied philosophy you’ve probably been told, at one point or another, that you’re wasting your time. But while it's common to hear this from, say, a sceptical uncle looking over your ...

A basic understanding of philosophy is needed in order to really understand theology. This may sound like a terrifying prospect, especially if you have ever had to take a class in philosophy that ...

Major in philosophy and you explore 2,500 years of thought – starting with the ancient Greeks and Romans – and learn to make connections to such fields as law, gender, neuroscience, art and the ...

The M.A. program in Philosophy at Boston College offers students the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the history of philosophy and to work on topics as diverse as, for instance, Aristotelian ...

The Philosophy major at Boston College is designed to ground students in the core classical issues of philosophy and to give them the ability to engage with significant areas of contemporary concern ...