In the dark, bring-out-your-dead depths of spring 2020, when New York was leading the nation in confirmed cases of the coronavirus, Simon Critchley—the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New ...

Epicurus, an ancient Greek philosopher, founded "The Garden" school, welcoming diverse students. His philosophy emphasized peace of mind through simple pleasures, friendship, and freedom from fear, ...

Think on Death. It is a wonderful thing to learn thoroughly how to die. The quote, attributed to the ancient philosopher Seneca, was printed at the bottom of a handout that Andrew Mills recently ...

At the turn of the century a young Spanish philosopher, home from the German universities, used to walk the stone terrace before the great Escorial palace proclaiming to himself: “I am I plus my ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I love discovering philosophers who write ...

I recently had the privilege to discuss near death experiences with Monika Mandoki, a philosopher and author who specializes in philosophical issues surrounding near death experiences. What are ...

Americans have a tendency to fixate on what’s commonly thought of of as “a good death” — surrounded by loved ones, a peaceful, quiet passing that looks like falling asleep. But physician Joel B. Zivot ...