What is the origin of our universe? What are dark matter and dark energy? This is the first part of the course 'Philosophy and the Sciences', dedicated to Philosophy of the Physical Sciences.

Introducing philosophy to children at a young age provides a great opportunity to cultivate their sense of wonder; it helps to develop their ability to ask big questions and think independently.

It may seem a bit odd that a magazine like Psychology Today is sponsoring a blog by a band of philosophers. After all, isn't philosophy supposed to be something entirely separate from psychology? Aren ...

Philosophy is a subject that usually makes its formal entry into a student's curriculum at the college level, though a growing number of high schools in the United States are offering some ...

The idea of philosophy becoming a core discipline in the Irish education system once seemed like a pipe dream. But now there is a short course on the subject at junior cycle level; an increasing ...

Leading philosophers and educators are convening at Delhi University for a two-day conference to discuss the integration of Philosophy into school curricula. The conference aims to explore teaching ...

Simon Blackburn is Visiting Professor at the New College of the Humanities. Our world is built on ideas. We have ideas about how science should be conducted, how a liberal society should defend itself ...