While “hardcore naturalists” like Sam Harris and many who espouse a scientific worldview are glomming on to Buddhist practices, Horgan sees Buddhism as little more than a gateway religion and harmful at worst and unnecessary at best. [More]

I wrote an article on my interview with Peter Boghossian for the Huffington Post and that article just got published. Take a look and be sure to Like and comment on the article. Thanks for the support! [More]

In a data-focused article for USA Today, Cathy Lynn Grossman claims that not only is religion per se losing face with Americans but goes further and claims that spirituality is no longer interesting either. [More]

Eric Weiner reflects on the state of religion as the Christmas holiday approaches. In a New York Times article, he observes that there is are a number of people who prefer not to affiliate with any formal religious system but who find that abandoning God altogether isn’t attractive. [More]

In a short article for the Wessex Scene, Jack Maden attempts to unpack the reasons why many find philosophy irrelevant. He sees its value but says that it’s probably only possible to garner this awareness if you spend time philosophizing. [More]

Philosophy News has undergone some design changes that we hope you'll love. [More]

Click on the first non-italicized link on most Wikipedia entries and continue to click the same link position on subsequent pages and you'll always end up on the Wikipedia philosophy page. You shouldn't be surprised. [More]

A Portland State University professor believes that “the primary goal of every academic should be to bring students’ beliefs into lawful alignment with reality.” The problem is that our access to the truth about what is real is, many times, unclear and beyond our reach. [More]

True or false? If one is truly open minded when considering alternate viewpoints in the context of a rational evaluation, those other viewpoints must be live options for that person. [More]

A couple of articles in popular magazines tout the value of studying philosophy. Growth in philosophy graduates has been on the rise and students testify that their time studying philosophy has been a tremendous boon to their professional lives. [More]