Her superpowers as a philosopher sprung out of the frustration at getting her thoughts and herself across to people who ...

His two early papers “What Numbers Could Not Be” (1965) and “Mathematical Truth” (1973) — the latter of which came to be called “the Benacerraf problem" — became instant classics and are discussed to ...

The belief that life exists outside of Earth is known as ‘cosmic pluralism’. Intriguingly, this was briefly a topic of ...

A few weeks ago I bought two chrysanthemums for my windowsill. After giving them the dose of water they clearly missed in the shop, I started musing on how closely plant care and philosophy are ...

Antisthenes, Cynic philosopher and tutor of Diogenes, championed simplicity, virtue, and freedom, influencing Stoic thought.

A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll has been digitally unwrapped for the first time, revealing an ancient Greek Epicurean ...

The philosophy of pessimism holds that life is not worth living and non-existence is preferable to existence. Perhaps the most fulsome exploration of this idea can be found in Arthur Schopenhauer’s ...

A new study shows that rapid facial mimicry is especially important for the social interaction between cats. The researchers ...

As someone deeply fascinated by Eastern philosophy and traditions, I’ve always been drawn to the idea of harmonizing energy ...

Born Francois-Marie Arouet in 1694, this celebrated playwright, poet, essayist, and philosopher reinvented himself as simply ...

Speaking of science, “Cunk on Life” tackles the big question of why ghosts are seen on camera more than by scientists. It ...

Mark Dyczkowski (1951–2025), a renowned scholar of Kashmir Shaivism, passed away this week, leaving behind a legacy of rigorous academic inquiry. Born in London to a Polish father and an Italian ...