When I chose the title for this column, I did so to counter the notion that ethics was something impractical and of no use in daily life. In fact, ethics is sometimes called “practical philosophy,” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Theodore McDarrah writes about practical philosophy for leaders. A meteor passing over the Milky Way on February 19, 2022, in ...

Richard Rorty, the eminent public intellectual and Stanford University professor who resuscitated American pragmatism with groundbreaking work that urged philosophers to give up the illusory pursuit ...

At first glance, philosophy and mental health might seem like unrelated fields. Philosophy often examines abstract, theoretical, and logical questions, constructing arguments that seem detached from ...

TAMBOV, RUSSIA - 2020/12/21: Students wearing face masks sit in a classroom at the Tambov state university. In some cities of Russia, students were transferred to distance learning due to the ...

There's one thing you should never ask a philosophy major. "Philosophy? What are you going to do with that?" Our whole education system hinges on a dichotomy between the "practical" disciplines and ...

Philosophy is often treated as something abstract, a conversation that belongs to dead Greeks or modern intellectuals in tweed jackets. Yet at its best, philosophy was never meant to stay in the ...