What Are You Reading…On Feminism
It’s been an uneven week for women’s issues. On the negative side, you had Tucker Carlson’s misogynistic comments and prominent women being featured in...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Obligated Self
Mara Benjamin is the Irene Kaplan Leiwant Associate Professor and Chair of Jewish Studies at Mount Holyoke College. She is the author of Rosenzweig’s...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: Philosophy of Quantum Physics
As an expert in physics, metaphysics, and logic, Tim Maudlin is well qualified to talk about how discoveries in quantum physics are influencing established...
What Are You Reading…On the Cynics and Cynicism
The ideal Cynic acts as a critic of society, exposing its excesses and encouraging a healthier relationship with nature. This is the virtue Diogenes...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: Debating Race, Ethnicity, and Latino Identity
Iván Jaksic directs the Santiago Program for the Bing Overseas Studies Program and works at the Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University....
Recently Published Book Spotlight: When All Else Fails
Jason Brennan is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business,...
What Are You Reading…On Hermeneutics
Knowing how to interpret a text is a vital task for any philosopher, just as knowing how to interpret the actions of others is...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Post-Truth, Fanaticism, and Facebook
In 2002, Hubert Dreyfus published a paper, “Anonymity versus Commitment: The Dangers of Education on the Internet” where he decried the effect of the...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: Neoliberalism’s Demons
Adam Kotsko teaches in the Shimer Great Books School of North Central College. He is the author, most recently, of The Prince of This...
What Are You Reading…On Care
It was hard to watch news of last week’s polar vortex without feeling concerned for those in its path. While my area (slightly north...