. As the Roman Empire was crumbling in Gaul, so too was the classical tradition of both pagan and Christian Greek and Latin learning. The age of the Latin fathers ended effectively with the death of Augustine of Hippo in North Africa in 430, and the...

The canonical texts in Western philosophy have been written by men and have inscribed male experiences and perspectives into that philosophy. Clack’s Misogyny in the Western Philosophical Tradition offers selections from the writings of major...

Philosophy of Judaism entails the systematization of beliefs into an abstract structure of thought. As an important phase in the history of Judaism, philosophical thinking about Scripture and tradition began in response to the advent of Islamic...

It dishonors a philosopher to be disheartened. (Roman) Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher. (Roman) Many talk like philosophers and live like fools. (English) Philosophy as well as foppery often changes fashion. (Poor Richard) Philosophy...

Philosophy is the discipline concerned with questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist and what are their essential natures (metaphysics); what counts as genuine knowledge (epistemology); and what are the correct principles of...

The Possibility of Many Valued Logic. Michelle M. Monagin, Oakland University, Department of Philosophy, Rochester, MI 48309 I investigate the possibility of modeling ethical intuitions using many valued logic. In standard deontic logic, there is no resource for showing that one obligation...

The title of this essay is meant to be rather startling, and more startling than the phrase "Christian philosophy" which provoked no little controversy some few years ago. That phrase was introduced by the medievalist Etienne Gilson to describe the contributions to philosophy...

The new president at Ohio State University, the nation's largest, says college athletics must be fixed at the national level and he will have "zero tolerance" for player misbehavior at Ohio State.Gordon Gee disbanded the athletics department at Vanderbilt University because he felt sports had...

Nina Wang, Asia's richest woman at the time of her death, left her $4 billion fortune to a master of feng shui, the Chinese belief that fortunes can be improved by timing and the layout of objects, such as furniture, according to the man's lawyer.The...

In the following essay, Tessitore examines Book X of Ethics, arguing that in this final book of the treatise, Aristotle offers a concluding statement with regard to happiness. Tessitore notes that Aristotle's conclusion—that perfect happiness may be found in philosophic contemplation, while the practice of ethical virtue offers only a secondary degree of happiness—may seem to conflict with earlier statements Aristotle presented in Book VII. Suggesting that this teaching has been implie...

In the following essay, Irwin describes the content of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, noting that the work analyzes traditional Greek ideals regarding the good life, the virtues necessary to be deemed an "acceptable and admirable" member of Greek society, as well as social problems and conflicts. Irwin also responds to common objections readers have had to Ethics.

As an analogy, metaphysics and science are like a mind and a tool attempting to build a house. A tool cannot wield itself; it requires a mind to use it. Likewise, if there is a mind but no tool, there is no means to put the ideas of the mind into existence. When one successfully combines the two, the house may be built. This analogy may also be elaborated to show that that when the two are combined, the weaknesses of each style of interpretation can be minimized.

Philosophical questions

Provides an extremely general overview of the topic of Philosophy. Explores the teachings and works of Hegel, Marx, Nietsche and Sartre.