Has bad philosophy killed the Booker prize?
Lee Rourke: The British fear of esoteric thinking has left our Booker shortlist an embarrassing failure
In the realm of the avout
Review: Anathem by Neal StephensonNeal Stephenson's speculations on language and philosophy impress Christopher Brookmyre
Everyday wisdom
Julian Baggini examines a new series of practical philosophy books dedicated to 'the art of living'
Blue sky thinking: 10 ideas that changed the course of history
Plato's Philosophy | Sun-centred (Copernican) Theory of the Universe | Cartesian Cogito
The philosophy of global warming
Steven Poole's on The Ethics of Climate Change | Fixing Climate | Complaint
Simon Critchley’s top 10 philosophers’ deaths
Simon Critchley was born in Hertfordshire in 1960, and currently lives and works in New York as professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research
Hay Festival: Does philosophy have a future?
Philosophy may be going through a bad patch at present but that's not to say that asking the big questions all a waste of time - or is it?
Waxing philosophical
Sue Arnold on An Introduction to Greek Philosophy | Aristotle: An Introduction | A Guide to British Garden Birds and Their Songs | Bird Mimicry
How the internet links philosophy with its roots
The democratic structure of the internet could be returning the practice of thought to the ordinary language with which it began
My week: Alain de Botton
The Swiss-born writer and TV producer is inspired by entrepreneurs' ground-breaking ideas, goes postal with his toddler son and gives us some kitchen-sink philosophy. Literally
Every loo must have one
Americans go for self-help, the French for philosophy and the British for trivia. Stuart Jeffries investigates the phenomenon of the Christmas bestseller and wonders what this year's big successes will be
Richard Wollheim
Brilliant philosopher engaged with the interaction of art and psychoanalysis.
Professor Sir Bernard Williams
Arguably the greatest British philosopher of his era, he brought wit and compassion to the moral questions of society.