Hello friends, join me in this week's philosophy writing challenge if you're up for it! Guidelines for this challenge are simple: Answer the actual question asked and try to stay on topic. Try. Tell us

I thought some of you might be interested in this opportunity, check it out: The Alexis de Tocqueville Project at the University of New Orleans - High School Program

Sartre’s essay "Existentialism Is A Humanism" is based on a lecture that he delivered in Paris in October of 1945, right on the heals of the end of World War II. Much to his chagrin, it has become the

Sartre’s essay "Existentialism Is A Humanism" is based on a lecture that he delivered in Paris in October of 1945, right on the heals of the end of World War II. Much to his chagrin, it has become

If emotions are the product of biochemical reactions, then in the future we will be theoretically able to control them. If we could control emotions through technology, should we? First off, I think that

Hello friends, I want to start a weekly philosophy writing challenge - join me if you're up for it! Guidelines for this challenge are simple: Answer the actual question asked and try to stay on topic.

"I watch therefore I am: seven movies that teach us key philosophy lessons" Julian Baggini, Christine Korsgaard, Ursula Coope, Peter Singer, Susan Haack, Kenneth Taylor and Slavoj Žižek discuss

While the cost of college education in the US has reached record highs, Germany has abandoned tuition fees altogether for German and international students alike. An increasing number of Americans are

Rooftop Boat Houses - dphilosopher in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic

"...everyone will readily agree that it is of the highest importance to know whether we are not duped by morality." Levinas, Totality and Infinity It is to this question, the most important question

Just came across this blog post worth sharing: "Over the past few years, a new intellectual counterculture has been coalescing in virtual space. Mathematician and economist Eric Weinstein recently

Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex (1949) is a seminal text for both feminist philosophy and second wave feminism. In her "Introduction: What Is A Woman?" Beauvoir provides us with a philosophical

EthicistForHire posted this a while ago, but today seems like a good day to revisit the post: Martin Luther King Jr. and Continental Philosophy

Yesterday, I finally arrived in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic. This afternoon I got to put up my hammock between two palm trees sea-side, thinking a nap was in order. Truth is, it was way too breezy

Parque Colon in Zona Colonial - dphilosopher in the Dominican Republic

In case you're wondering: What is it like to be a philosopher? This site contains 36 interviews (so far) with working academic philosophers, all different kinds of philosophers! Great interviews too. And

Colonial Zone At Dusk - @dphilosopher In Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

I wanted to share this Philosophy themed mystery with my fellow Steemians because it's such an intriguing story. It was reproduced in Slate and I pass on the teaser and link here. Enjoy! In the July/August

Sartre's thoughts on our encounter with the Other is found in a section entitled "The Look" in Being and Nothingness, and is dramatized in his play No Exit. In Being and Nothingness (pp.252-265),

Since I can't seem to find the written text, here is a link to the podcast audio for my episode on Heidegger On Dasein's Being-with (mitsein) Others and the-They. Enjoy the ride! I'm currently moving