Last May, Stephen Hawking gave a talk at Google's Zeitgeist Conference in which he declared philosophy to be dead. In his book The Grand Design, Hawking went even further. "How can we understand the ...

One of the evergreen topics in online discussions of physics is what role, if any, philosophy plays in the discipline. I've been blogging since 2002 (which is after the dinosaurs, but before the giant ...

Deep thinkers who are fascinated by abstract concepts such as love, happiness, success and truth should consider pursuing a degree in philosophy. This type of degree is geared toward individuals who ...

This is a guest column by James S. Spiegel, professor of philosophy and religion at Taylor University. With Steven B. Cowan, he is the author of The Love of Wisdom: A Christian Introduction to ...

Philosophy majors and professors are tired of Marco Rubio picking on them. Rubio’s stump speech on higher education reform has been singling them out specifically as an example of a major that doesn’t ...

What existed before the big bang? What is the nature of time? Is our universe one of many? On the big questions science cannot (yet?) answer, a new crop of philosophers are trying to provide answers.