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Philosophy News gathers news, articles, and commentaries from around the world that are relevant to philosophy in the areas of ethics, metaphysics, politics, science, religion, education, and other fields of interest. Because The Radical Academy publishes this material does not imply acceptance or approval of the comments or opinions expressed by the author of the material. Nor is the Academy responsible for any misrepresentation of the facts included. It is your job to be a critical reader. We are simply supplying a resource to the Internet community.
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Ayn Rand, the Philosophy of Freedom, and a Serial Killer: We are not dealing with a rationally held political and moral philosophy. We are dealing with diseased minds trying to justify their nastiness. ...

The Philosophy of Mind, 1, by Stuart Kauffman: My purpose in the next several posts is to begin to explore major issues in the Philosophy of Mind. My hope is that it may be possible to ...

Prof. Avishai Margalit wins Israel Prize in Philosophy: Professor Avishai Margalit is this year's winner of Israel Prize in Philosophy. His writings deal with the main principles of ethics, including integrity, ...

Andrew Exum and the Philosophy of Science: To put it mildly, this is a peculiar view of the philosophy of science. So what starts as a lament about the arrogance of various factions of social ...

Why many American Christians really are un-Christian: The concept of Absolute Truth lies at the heart of Judaism, Islam and, in fact, philosophy itself. Why philosophy? Because, properly defined, philosophy is ...

Descartes Letter Found, Therefore It Is: Among them were 72 letters by René Descartes, the founding genius of modern philosophy and analytic geometry. Now one of those purloined letters has turned ...

Is there progress in philosophy?: Often those who study the history of philosophy and compare it to the history of other, especially scientific, disciplines, complain that in philosophy no ...

Ps. state universities consider eliminating some majors: At Indiana University of Pennsylvania, faculty in the philosophy department are being asked to explain why their bachelor's program should not be eliminated ...

Learning philosophy with the help of sci-fi: [Penn Current] Susan Schneider, an assistant professor in Penn's Department of Philosophy, is among a collection of philosophers who are using science fiction films, ...

Eighth grade philosophy class earns students credits at Bergen Community: Taking famous philosophical ideas from Aristotle to Friederich Nietzsche as a springboard for discussion, Tully started an after-school philosophy club for ...

The growth of a false philosophy, with Hitler at its roots: Bertrand Russell's sweeping "History of Western Philosophy" mentions Heidegger not at all. But there is another looming problem: Heidegger was a Nazi. ...

Philosophy Department Presents 'The Great Conversation' Series: [UNCG University News] The Department of Philosophy at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Phi Sigma ...

Spotlight on Philosophy Colloquium: [University of Dallas University News] There are 10 remaining installments in the Philosophy Colloquium series, which takes place on Fridays from 3:30 to 4:30 pm in Braniff 201. ...

Philosophy talk show promotes deep thinking: They were there to talk philosophy, specifically, to explore the subjects: "What Is a Wife?" and "Faces, Feelings and Lies." The live audience at the Marsh ...

Mary Daly & Feminist Philosophy: [Philosophy Now] Decentering male experience and placing women's experiences and ontology at the center reverses the traditionally masculine polarity of philosophy. ...

Holly Wilson publishes article in on-line philosophy journal: Holly L. Wilson, professor of philosophy at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, recently published an article called "Divine Sovereignty and the Global ...

Can philosophy save us?: Perhaps not to exam level -- indeed, part of the point of philosophy is that it makes exams somewhat redundant -- but it should be taught to children each day ...

New Age 'philosophy' dangerous, deadly: [Arizona Daily Wildcat] Ben Harper is a philosophy senior who, while researching this article, undid years of dental work grinding his teeth every time he saw New-Age thought ...

New organization influenced by 'humanist' philosophy: Humanism as a philosophy emphasizes human rights above all things, and it holds no expectations of reward or punishment after death. ...

Satsang With Swami Chinmayananda-On Hinduism And Philosophy: [India] Philosophy is the science of life. It is the theoretical part of this science.It prescribes a set of higher values for our guidance in living life nobly. ...

FSU scholar gets $4.4 million to study free will: [Tallahassee Democrat] Enter Alfred Mele, an esteemed scholar and professor in Florida State University's Department of Philosophy. Mele (pronounced mealy) has been awarded a ...

Gandhian philosophy inspired Mandela, Kennedy: Krishna: [Zee News] External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Saturday underlined the contemporary relevance of the Gandhian philosophy, saying it had inspired some of ...

American liberalism and the Democratic party critiqued, by William Falcone: American liberalism has become a philosophy with no backbone. The Democratic Party, historically, has best defined what being a liberal ...

Delving into the philosophy of 'Arrested Development': [The Daily Iowan] Phillips -- who said he has watched the show's episodes "millions of times" -- frequently shows clips from the show to his Introduction to Philosophy course ...

Philosophy club to meet at Coyle Free Library in Chambersburg: Now, Franklin County Library System is getting into the act by hosting a new Monday Night Philosophy Club, which will meet beginning Feb. ...

Frontiers of philosophy: [CU Columbia Spectator] It's also been a wonder to me why academic institutions, including Columbia, separate the sciences from philosophy as strictly distinct disciplines, ...

The philosophy of particle physics: There is a wing of the philosophy of science, called the anti-realists, that contends that a scientist is not justified in believing that electrons truly ...

Investigating Wittgenstein, part 1: Falling in love: Part of the excitement -- though nobody would have been quite so crass as to admit it -- was to be learning philosophy at just one degree of separation from ...

Do we have free will? FSU philosopher awarded $4.4 million grant to find out: Mele, the William H. and Lucyle Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, will oversee a four-year project to improve understanding of free will in philosophy, ...

Philosophy professor to discuss suffering: The 2010 Aquinas lecture at St. Catherine of Siena Newman Center will feature Peter Kreeft, a philosophy professor at Boston College and author of more than ...

WWU lecture about wisdom Feb. 10: Dennis Whitcomb, who teaches philosophy at Western Washington University, will give a lecture about wisdom on Wednesday, Feb. 10. ...

Heroes And Not Criminals: The Ethics Of Looting, by Anita L. Allen: Anita L. Allen is the deputy dean, Henry R. Silverman professor of law, and professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law ...

It's time we got over our love for Charles Darwin, by William A. Dembski, Professor Philosophy Southwestern Seminary: It s time we got over our love for Charles DarwinCharles Darwin published his "Origin of ...

The Marsh Presents Philosophy Talk on January 31: "Philosophy Talk": Live at The Marsh! Join us for two rousing shows, on Sunday, January 31st.?? The Marsh at 1062 Valencia St. near 22nd in San Francisco. ...

Colorado College Philosophy Professor Awarded Collaborative NSF Grant: Marion Hourdequin, assistant professor of philosophy at Colorado College , has been awarded a $244881 grant from the National Science Foundation. ...

Clarkson University Professor Publishes Book on Noted Philosopher Wittgenstein: Studying philosophy as it relates to politics is important, Robinson says. "Philosophy is really important for the ordinary citizens. ...

Radical feminist and theologian rankled Boston College: Five years later, she wrote "Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation." Her other books included "Pure Lust: Elemental Feminist ...

Philosophy studies broaden RIT experience: Schroeder is chairman of a philosophy department that, with 12 full-time faculty members, exposes RIT students to the world of ideas in an institution of ...

Logician with a flair for grammar: [Australia] Vic Dudman, an associate professor in philosophy at Macquarie University, was highly regarded as a logician but preferred the description ''grammarian''. ...

Interview With an Objectivist: Objectivism is the philosophy of Ayn Rand that she presented in her bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and in non-fiction works such as ...



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