German philosopher of the late 19th century, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) boldly and daringly challenged the foundations of Christianity, traditional morality, and…
Scotland’s greatest philosopher, David Hume (1711–1776) was a key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. He is generally considered one of the three…
Pablo Muchnik’s Kant’s Theory of Evil provides a defense of the continuing relevance of Immanuel Kant’s moral philosophy by systematically addressing interpretive…
What do a rogue elephant, a wild boar, and a shaven porcupine have in common? They all reflect facets of…
1. Plato (429? –347 B.C.E.), one of the most famous philosophers in the Western world, was born into a prominent…
1.The German philosopher, Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), was the fourth of eight children born to Johann Georg and Anna Regina Cant.…
The third and final member of a chain of Athenian philosophers who would shape the foundation of Western philosophy, Aristotle (384…
1. Although René Descartes is primarily known for his philosophy, he was also a mathematician. He created the rectangular coordinate…
1. The Nobel Prize winner, Bertrand Russell, wrote over 60 books and 2,000 articles throughout the course of his 97-year…
Few thinkers have been as provocative in Western culture as the German philosopher, Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)—the originator of the Categorical…