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 ...

Synthese spans the topics of Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. Coverage includes the theory of knowledge; general methodological problems of science, of induction and probability, ...

A series of topical philosophy studies, Philosophical Perspectives aims to publish original essays by foremost thinkers in their fields, with each volume confined to a main area of philosophical ...

In his book Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, E.O. Wilson laid out a grand vision for how the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities might be coherently interrelated. Given how ...

If you examine philosophy-department offerings around America, you’ll find staple courses in “Philosophy of Law,” “Philosophy of Art,” “Philosophy of Science,” “Philosophy of Religion,” and a fair ...

Buridan’s Ass is one of the oldest insults in existence. It has been consistently used to make fun of a particular worldview — one that doesn’t allow for free will. But this notion gained new ...

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