Malcolm Budd obituary
Philosopher of aesthetics who had exceptionally high standards and was kind to students and colleagues
Jürgen Habermas obituary
Philosopher and social theorist who advocated a new direction for German thought after the horrors of Nazi rule
John Searle obituary
American philosopher whose Chinese Room thought experiment rebuts the idea that computers can think as humans do
The Rev John Heywood Thomas obituary
Other lives: Theologian of note and proud champion of the Welsh language
Alasdair MacIntyre obituary
Provocative philosopher who argued that current morality has been cut off from its roots ‘largely thanks to the Enlightenment’
Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman review – don’t just stand there, do something
An altruistic companion to Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks aims to encourage anyone with a conscience to stop being a spectator
Judith Butler: ‘Swimming is the closest thing I have to a religion’
The philosopher, 68, tells Michael Segalov about kayaks capsizing, imitating trees, left-wing schisms and how instead of being stony-faced and serious, they like to clown around
‘We’re not doing the thing we’re built to do’: Agnes Callard, the philosopher living life according to Socrates
Why did the professor get divorced, remarry, but allow her former husband to remain in the house? In her brilliant new book, Open Socrates, she makes the case for an intellectually honest life
The Rev Don Cupitt obituary
Controversial academic and theologian best known for his 1984 television series The Sea of Faith
Ted Honderich obituary
Colourful philosopher whose readiness to examine current controversies sometimes brought him notoriety
Even among artists in exile, the myth of Russian cultural supremacy lives on
Many liberal Russians shelter in states once part of the Soviet Union. It’s time that they learned to respect the cultures and languages their nation has so long suppressed
The stoicism secret: how Ryan Holiday became a Silicon Valley guru
He has sold 5m books about this ancient Greek approach to life – and been feted by sports teams and CEOs. What makes this former PR man so popular?
The big idea: should we be thinking about luck differently?
We tend to focus on good or bad fortune, successes and failures. But what about the fact you’re here at all?
Sir Larry Siedentop obituary
Other lives: Political philosopher who wrote a well received book on the democratic deficit at the heart of the European Union