Kierkegaard and the Mermaid
At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, t... MoreKierkegaard and the Mermaid
Why Do Things Have Names?
Why is a horse called a horse and not a giraffe or a flapdoodle? Why did Plato go from being called Aristocles, after hi... MoreWhy Do Things Have Names?
Leibniz, or The Best of All Possible Worlds
Vienna, 1714: Late in life, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the universal genius of his time, puts down his pen and declares ... MoreLeibniz, or The Best of All Possible Worlds
Newton and the Club of Astronomers
We know Isaac Newton as a brilliant polymath, inventor of the calculus and the person who first began to suss out the fu... MoreNewton and the Club of Astronomers
Galileo Spirals Out of Control
Who is throwing melons and pumpkins from the highest tower in Pisa? It’s the mad scientist Galileo Galilei, confounding ... MoreGalileo Spirals Out of Control
