Philosophy Now interviews Jostein Gaarder, author of the best-selling history of philosophy, Sophie’s World. The surprise bestseller of the last year not only in Britain but in Germany and Scandinavia ...

The following answers to this key philosophical question each win a random book. It is clear that morality is a feature of humanity. However, if morality were objective then every member of our ...

Mark Cain on the 50th anniversary of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s death. April 29th was the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein is one the few genuinely ...

While there remains no consensus on what dignity is, by far the most important and famous conception of it remains the classical liberal account developed by Immanuel Kant. The fame is well deserved, ...

Peter Adamson spots some similarities between ancient Greek and ancient Indian philosophies. When you launch a podcast and book series promising to cover the history of philosophy ‘without any gaps’ ...

Peter Adamson is Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy at the LMU in Munich, and a Philosophy Now columnist too. Amirali Maleki talks with him about Islamic philosophy. Was your main goal in ...

Peter Adamson ponders the ancient ethics of happiness. These days, when students are first exposed to philosophical ethics, they are typically presented with three rival approaches. First, ...

Peter Adamson is Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. Duanne Ribeiro chats with him about the history of ideas, and the meaning and methods of ...

Each answer below receives a book. Apologies to the many entrants not included. “Time does not exist without change,” said Aristotle. Until recently, most physicists and cosmologists agreed with him.

Dan Fleming suggests that culture has turned outside in. The nature of personal identity, of our idea of ourselves, has been a subject of debate since the days of Descartes and Kant. In most ...

Stephen Anderson reflects on responses to Hume’s argument that we can’t derive moral duties from facts. It’s Christmas season again. Among the many charms of the holiday season is the proliferation of ...

Barbara Hands considers whether it is ever right for the law to limit your freedom of choice and action, for your own good. Fred and Bob are a gay couple who have been together for 15 years. Fred is ...