Hope springs eternal? Not for many philosophers, but the solution may lie in specifying when a hope is truly satisfied. In A ...

This week, a group of about 100 physicists and philosophers have gathered in Munich to reassess a question at the heart of science: “Why trust a theory?” In an opinion piece by George Ellis and Joe ...

Pop goes the philosophy–it’s time for top 10 ancient atheist philosophers and their quotes. Philosophers aren’t always atheists. The one I dated for 7 years was though–I still tease her by saying God ...

Google’s former AI chief, Geoffrey Hinton distinguishes between two ways in which AI poses an existential threat to humanity. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP) ...

Long-dead thinkers from Socrates to Nietzsche are the latest hot property when it comes to self-help books. But can they really make effective gurus, asks Neil Armstrong. Can a thinker who last plied ...

Modern humans have been around for about 200,000 years. For those last 2,500 years or so, we've had philosophers, sages, and deep thinkers to help us guide and understand our behaviors. Philosophers ...

The romanticized version of what it's like to be a philosopher must be one of the most appealing careers possible: read great thinkers, think deep thoughts, and while away the days in a beautiful ...