This article discusses the Philosophic; which is easily understood and interconnected with contemporary realities of mankind living in the biosphere of planet Earth. I will present the philosophical ...

I was 12- or 13-years-old when an uncle gave me a copy of Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World. It was long and full of ideas that were new to me, so I spent the summer with my head in and out of that ...

"Perhaps the most influential ethical principle in contemporary biomedical practice is that informed consent is required for therapy and research. And yet empirical research confirms what virtually ...

Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie, Vol. 40, No. 2 (December 2009), pp. 227-258 (32 pages) In this essay, I attempt to assess Henk de Regt and ...

Avid readers of Physics World will know that we have for many years published a monthly column called “Critical Point” written by Robert P Crease, a historian and philosopher of science from Stony ...

On May 11 th, an article ran in the New York Times’ philosophy blog, “The Stone,” which bore the title, “If Philosophy Won’t Diversify, Let’s Call It What It Really Is.” If you missed it, you can read ...

Jean-François Lyotard, the French philosopher, delivered four lectures, “Why Philosophize?” at the Sorbonne in 1964, arguing passionately that we philosophize out of desire, a sense of absence, and ...

ALEXANDRIA. 6 July (BelTA) – Understanding the philosophy of the native culture is the cornerstone of the Belarusian statehood, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the national festival ...

This is the first in a new series of posts, on “Science and Philosophy," featuring interviews with influential scientists and philosophers of science. Bas van Fraassen leaving the philosopher's ...