13+ hour, 3+ min ago  (495+ words) We have hosted a celebration event at St Chad's College for Professor Nancy Cartwright following her receipt of the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Humanities. The international award recognises Professor Cartwright's influential contributions to the philosophy of…...

4+ hour, 28+ min ago  (596+ words) In his book, Inventing America, the liberal scholar Garry Wills argued that the Declaration owed much to previous Anglo-American history. This is correct. English parliamentary bills originated as petitions by the people's representatives to the king. These petitions listed grievances…...

11+ hour, 6+ min ago  (311+ words) Here I continue discussion of the book How to Think about God by Mortimer Adler. If you have read Part Two (chapters 4 and 5) feel free to comment. If not, feel fee to question. In about one week I will take…...

9+ hour, 22+ min ago  (1195+ words) What Thomas Jefferson meant by "the pursuit of happiness" may be very different from what Americans mean today. Event attendees engage in Q&A with the panel discussing the pursuit of happiness and the Declaration of Independence at WHYY. (Marissa…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago  (462+ words) The real issue is not whether the theory of individual possessive rights is self-evident. Rather, the issue is whether it is true. June 24, 2026 Kenneth Craycraft Essay, Features, Opinion 0 Print Two caveats: 1. I rarely read the comments section in CWR or…...

12+ hour, 35+ min ago  (486+ words) Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI has much to say about the culture of profit, technocracy and competition pervading today's universities. A Universit" Laval study shows that most research-trained graduates contribute to innovation and act as catalysts for societal change....

10+ hour, 14+ min ago  (176+ words) Two Works Explore the Mind and Consciousness Searle and Dennett's books are essential to the foundation of many of the modern conversations about the philosophy of mind and consciousness, and both are anticipating the dilemma we now face with the…...

52+ min ago  (37+ words) My personal experience tells me that life truly depends on how you show it to other people. In my view, each of you is your own personal psychologist, and none of the "...

5+ hour, 38+ min ago  (347+ words) Today I'm at Less Online, and yesterday I was at the annual CHAI workshop. Both are chock full of people I don't know, with a good smattering of people I do. This is also my experience at other events like…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (1026+ words) This morning I did something that, for most of my life, would have been unthinkable. I waited. Continue reading on Medium " Make a Life Out of Life This morning I did something that, for most of my life, would have…...