Philosophy

Big Philosophy

by Peter J. Leithart

How big is philosophy? Continue Reading »

14 Jul 2017

Alvin Plantinga’s Masterful Achievement

by William Doino Jr.

Alvin Plantinga is justly celebrated for sparking a global renaissance in Christian philosophy. Continue Reading »

5 Jun 2017

Wager

by Peter J. Leithart

Beauty, suffering, being, and philosophical styles. Continue Reading »

25 May 2017

A Life of Being-in-the-World

by John Schwenkler

The profession of philosophy lost one of its most distinguished members with the death of Hubert Dreyfus on Saturday, April 22. Continue Reading »

1 May 2017

Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity:An Essay on Desire, Practical Reasoning, and Narrativeby alasdair macintyrecambridge, 332 pages, $49.99 I The dialogues of Plato provide the first sustained demonstration both of the depth and difficulty of philosophy, and of the fact that the beginnings of the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2017

Living in Illusion

by Peter J. Leithart

Daniel Dennett thinks our experience is a vast user illusion. Continue Reading »

3 Mar 2017

Plato Among the Poets

by Peter J. Leithart

Plato's philosophy addresses questions first posed in tragedy. Continue Reading »

28 Feb 2017

Cocktails with the Existentialists

by Richard T. Whittington

More than seven decades have passed since philosophy held court on the world-historic stage, in the cafes and jazz halls of wartime Paris. For those who lament the decline of the “public intellectual,” this period richly serves the needs of nostalgia, conjuring chic melancholy, debates conducted in a tobacco haze, and the evergreen romance of La Résistance. Continue Reading »

12 Jan 2017