Philosophy Through Fiction Competition (Update)
UPDATE (April 1, 2017):
We received a very large number of submissions (704 eligible entries) and given that our judges and readers are a...
Dreaming the Future: Utopia and the Limits of Thought
When we see so much hypocrisy around us, it's because we have it in ourselves. And when politicians reveal to us what we are...
Young Philosophers of New York: Interview with Joseph S. Biehl
Joseph S. Biehl runs the Gotham Philosophical Society, an ‘idea bank’ for New York City, and is launching a philosophy workshop series for children. I spoke with...
Does comedy hold the key to truth and morality? (IAI video)
To be taken seriously is an accolade for the thinker. But from Nietzsche to Derrida, big ideas have been expressed through irony, satire and...
Is Journalism Anti-Philosophical?
Joe Humphreys is a journalist with The Irish Times, for which he produces the weekly ‘Unthinkable’ philosophy column. I spoke with Joe about philosophical journalism, philosophy for...
How to be Fair in Academic Voting
Here’s a common situation. A department plans to invite six candidates to interview for one opening. At the meeting where the vote is to...
Owning Ourselves (IAI Video)
"My body, my choice" has been the rallying cry for social justice movements around the world, since in an equitable and just world we...
When Time Stands Still (Video)
Why do we remember the past, and not the future?
—Stephen Hawking
We structure our lives on the flow of time. Yet physicists since Einstein have...
Stoicism Now: Conversation with Massimo Pigliucci
Massimo Pigliucci is the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. He studies the nature of evolutionary theory, the relationship...
Has physics made philosophy obsolete? (Video)
Philosophy is dead...Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
—Stephen Hawking
From neuroscience to cosmology, Hawking to Dawkins,...