Even after my faith has faded, the markings of Ashura are still etched on my mind

Grab 'n' go, grab-bag—not to mention the grabbing president. What does it mean when suddenly the whole world is something to be seized?

The passing of this eclectic and questioning man in his prime allowed the narrower and more imperious Gilbert Ryle to dominate British philosophy. Had Collingwood lived, could the deep and damaging schism with continental thought have been avoided?

A selfless act of charity, or distraction from the rational world? Two contributors make their cases

The revelations of MeToo and the rise of strongman leaders has turned the internet in-joke into a foundation for political movement

A great public intellectual passed away last month. Magee spent his life wonderstruck by the sheer fact of existence, for questions about the nature of reality are “obviously the most important and interesting there are”

The author, broadcaster and MP sparked a love of academic philosophy in countless curious viewers and readers

The Second Mountain is full of rambling anecdotes of exemplary virtue

Become too authentic and you simply rule out self-improvement 

When it comes to reading religious texts, intellectual curiosity and reasoning can only take us so far. We must approach them with a mind open to complexity, beauty and troubling honesty

From Nationwide to McDonald's, more and more advertisements are relying on the power of verse to shift their products. But while it's easy to be cynical, advertising's love affair with poetry tells us something important, too

Ayer’s work tells us important things about the shortcomings of Anglophone philosophy