Wittgenstein argued that words have meaning “only in the stream of life.” Philosophical problems arise when “language goes on ...

In R.F. Kuang’s novel ‘Katabasis,’ two philosopher-magicians wander Hell to rescue their thesis supervisor. Jejunity ensues.

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A feature film chronicling the life of Bertrand Russell is moving forward, marking the first theatrical biopic about the British philosopher who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 for his ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fiction by Rabih Alameddine, Megha Majumdar and Karen Russell and a memoir of family tragedy by Yiyun Li are among this year's finalists for the National Book Award. On Tuesday, the ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Winners will be announced on Nov. 19 at the annual benefit dinner and ceremony in New York City Amazon This year's National Book Award ...

Plato and Aristotle in discussion, 1437, by Luca della Robbia (ca 1400-1482), marble tile, depicts two of the greatest philosophers, who wrote two of the all-time best philosophy books. Philosophy ...

One difference between guilt and shame, French philosopher Frédéric Gros points out in his book “A Philosophy of Shame: A Revolutionary Emotion,” lies in how we understand their opposites. The absence ...