Reason & the Life to Come: Caleb Cohoe on Spiritual Exercises
John Cooper was right that truth and reason matter to philosophy as a way of life; but not only truth and reason matter.
Marisa Diaz-Waian: Philosophy, like Love, Is For Everyone
Marisa Diaz-Waian runs a community-based learning program in outdoor Montana.
A Little Place to Oppose Insecurity in the World
What constitutes a moral relationship to knowledge? And what do our institutions have to be like to create the grounds for such a relationship?
Is There Room for Everyone’s Odd, Lost Life in Philosophy?
Something was bugging them, and it wasn't just Headgear (the 90s spellcheck-correction for "Heidegger" on Word). Why do we typically feel that the intellectual position of philosophers - and the work that embodies it - need not represent who they are?
An Education that Works for Students: Paul Blaschko
Beginning from their perspective, design courses for students to live a good life. Now you've an accessible way into philosophy.
American Ecstatics: A Surfacing
We have to make room for societies that are not colonial. American philosophy has not come to terms with this task. It is more than theoretical.
Practical Enlightenment: Bin Song (part II)
A consistent, post-colonial practice sincerely harmonizes human relations for the global, common good. One Ruist scholar shows how, drawing on a spiritual mystery deserving of careful articulation.
On Flight: Bin Song (part I)
A scholar holds the tensions in his cultural and political history, seeking to understand his experience and to convert it to public benefit.
Changing our Institutions: PfS
Rebecca Millsop & Eugene Chislenko founded Philosophers for Sustainability in order to change the profession. With 150 members in 17 countries in its first two years, PfS is going strong.
Ghosts of the Future: Behrens & Sanders
A group of artists live thoughtfully in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, working to become a part of the place. Their community becomes a source of philosophy.