Philosophy can be defined in many ways. What is integral to the definitions is that philosophy employs arguments, rather than say an appeal to religious revelation. One can create arguments for ...

When McDonald’s pledged in September 2015 to use cage-free eggs in all of its restaurants in the next decade, it came as no surprise to Calvin philosophy professor Matt Halteman. Not because he’s a ...

Socrates, of all the philosophers in the history of mankind, was probably the biggest pain in the ass. He believed argument itself was the core to understanding anyone, including himself. He didn’t ...

One of the evergreen topics in online discussions of physics is what role, if any, philosophy plays in the discipline. I've been blogging since 2002 (which is after the dinosaurs, but before the giant ...

Agnes Callard and the politics of public philosophy. In her new book, Callard makes the case that we should all live more philosophically but where does politics fit in? Agnes Callard’s Open Socrates ...

The most common critique leveled at New Atheists is that we attack only puerile, fundamentalist forms of religion, and never engage with the “best” arguments of the faithful: those adumbrated by ...