http://philosophy.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2013-04-30T09:19:36Z Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:36 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://philosophy.about.com/b/2013/04/30/access-to-knowledge-philosophy-online-journals.htm Shall all online philosophical content be made available open access? Here to a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/od/Philosophy-Now/a/Access-To-Knowledge-Philosophy-Online-Journals.htm">recent article</a> inspired by a post of <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://axiom.vu.nl/~arianna/">Arianna Betti</a>. http://philosophy.about.com/b/2013/04/30/access-to-knowledge-philosophy-online-journals.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:22:10 +0000 2013-04-30T10:22:10Z http://philosophy.about.com/b/2013/04/30/can-food-be-art-2.htm This is a question that has received increasing attention over the past few decades and which is contributing to rethink the boundaries of <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/od/Philosophical-Quotes-and-Lines/a/Philosophical-Quotes-On-Art.htm">art</a>. I recently wrote <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/od/Philosophical-Theories-Ideas/a/Can-Food-Be-Art.htm">a short piece</a> ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/b/2013/04/30/can-food-be-art-2.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://philosophy.about.com/b/2013/04/30/can-food-be-art-2.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:36 +0000 2013-04-30T09:19:36Z http://philosophy.about.com/b/2013/04/30/playing-a-sport-why.htm Why do humans engage in sportive activities? This is a simple question, whose answer is likely to comprise a variety of reasons and perspectives. 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I bet many would say the absence of <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/od/Philosophical-Theories-Ideas/a/Some-Philosophical-Remarks.htm">lies</a>. And yet, not only <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/od/Philosophical-Theories-Ideas/a/The-Four-Conditions-Of-Lying-And-Their-Troubles.htm">it is quite difficult to define what a lie is</a>: there are ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/b/2013/02/25/cheerful-happy-and-honest.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://philosophy.about.com/b/2013/02/25/cheerful-happy-and-honest.htm Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:03:41 +0000 2013-02-25T21:03:41Z http://philosophy.about.com/b/2013/01/31/quotes-and-the-sense-of-possibility.htm I have always found inspiration through single quotes. They seem to open up a wider space of <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/od/Philosophical-Questions-Puzzle/a/The-Enigmas-Of-Possibility.htm">possibility</a> than other forms of literature, that is to awake what Robert Musil ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/b/2013/01/31/quotes-and-the-sense-of-possibility.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://philosophy.about.com/b/2013/01/31/quotes-and-the-sense-of-possibility.htm Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:04:04 +0000 2013-01-31T01:04:04Z http://philosophy.about.com/b/2012/12/30/the-sandy-hook-shooting-education-and-the-philosophy-of-violence.htm The fourteen minutes between 9:35am-9:49am of December 14th 2012 will be remembered as a tragic moment in the history of the United States and another sad episode in the history ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/b/2012/12/30/the-sandy-hook-shooting-education-and-the-philosophy-of-violence.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://philosophy.about.com/b/2012/12/30/the-sandy-hook-shooting-education-and-the-philosophy-of-violence.htm Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:48:26 +0000 2012-12-30T18:48:26Z http://philosophy.about.com/b/2012/11/30/life-in-the-paradox-of-ugliness.htm When a few years ago I migrated to New England, I soon starting reflecting on the differences between my <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/od/Philosophical-Branches/a/Aesthetics.htm">aesthetic sensibility</a> and the sensibility of the people who were grown ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/b/2012/11/30/life-in-the-paradox-of-ugliness.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://philosophy.about.com/b/2012/11/30/life-in-the-paradox-of-ugliness.htm Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:26:21 +0000 2012-11-30T20:26:21Z http://philosophy.about.com/b/2012/10/31/sandy-and-the-puzzle-of-the-perfect-storm.htm "It is difficulties that show what men are," wrote <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/od/Major-Philosophers/a/Epictetus-55-135-A-D.htm">Epictetus</a>. <br /> <br /> Among the most remarkable features of a storm such as Sandy there is the fact that it put <em>all</em> humans ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://philosophy.about.com/b/2012/10/31/sandy-and-the-puzzle-of-the-perfect-storm.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://philosophy.about.com/b/2012/10/31/sandy-and-the-puzzle-of-the-perfect-storm.htm Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:52:03 +0000 2012-10-31T23:52:03Z http://philosophy.about.com/b/2012/09/30/surfing-and-philosophy.htm "Mr. Palomar sees a wave rise in the distance, grow, approach, change form and color, fold over itself, break, vanish, and flow again. 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