Philosophy is an important part of how the world is shaped. You not think it's worth your time learning about, but here are five things philosophy is good for and why they should matter to you. When ...

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What is wisdom? It seems easier to recognize than to define--a question for the realm of philosophers. But in recent decades, psychologists and neuroscientists have undertaken the empirical study of ...

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The Blog of the American Philosophical Association has posted a set of answers to the question "What is philosophy?" collected by David Maclean. Philosopher Simon Blackburn, the author of Mirror, ...

The Department of Philosophy at Saint Louis University is distinguished by a long-standing tradition of pluralism both of methodology and interest. In recent years, we have gained national and ...

There are two things I would hope for in a book about wisdom. First, some intellectual enlightenment as to what wisdom really is. Second, some practical ideas on how to be wiser in my own life. This ...

Is there such a thing as wisdom — a thing, stuff, an abstract entity — or are there only wise individuals and wise actions and attitudes, these latter not exclusively the possession of the individuals ...