“Our age is the age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds of exemption from the examination of this tribunal. But, if they are exempted, they become the subjects of just suspicion, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination.”
– Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
Experimental philosophy (x-phi) is all the rage. But shouldn't all philosophy be experimental? Jeff Hawley looks at the views of...
Should we fear a future in which the already tricky world of academic publishing is increasingly crowded out by super-intelligent...
A harrowing tale from David Edmonds involving the murder of the German philosopher Moritz Schlick. Steven Nadler's take on several...
Finding clear definitions for terms in philosophy can be challenging. It doesn't have to be this way.
As I look up at the stars That sing to me from afar, I dwell in that spirit divine Giving...
[Revised entry by Øystein Linnebo on March 28, 2023. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html] Platonism about mathematics (or mathematical...
[Revised entry by Charles Taliaferro on March 28, 2023. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Philosophy of religion is the philosophical...
“He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak.” – Michel de Montaigne, Essais...
