Alex Danchev obituary
Historian and biographer who explored the political and ethical force of art
The 100 best nonfiction books: No 21 – The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S Kuhn (1962)
The American physicist and philosopher of science coined the phrase ‘paradigm shift’
Children’s author Cressida Cowell scoops philosophers’ award for fight against stupidity
How to Train Your Dragon author joins Noam Chomsky and Raymond Tallis as winner of Philosophy Now prize after encouraging ‘deep reflection’ in young readers
Roger Scruton: ‘Funnily enough, my father looked very like Jeremy Corbyn’
Philosopher and polemicist Roger Scruton talks about his depressive father, the joy of hunting and, of course, Jeremy Corbyn…
Harry Lesser obituary
Other lives: Lecturer in philosophy at the University of Manchester for more than 40 years
Dalibor Veselý obituary
Inspiring teacher and historian of architecture
Russell Brand voted world’s fourth most influential thinker
Comedian voted on to Prospect magazine’s annual list, topped by economist Thomas Piketty, after year that saw him publish a book advocating the eradication of the nation state
Men with no name: the return of the existential hero
From Sean Penn’s The Gunman to Michael Mann’s Blackhat, the thinking man’s action hero is back, and attempting to put the art back in Sartre
Dudley Knowles obituary
Other lives: Former professor of political philosophy at Glasgow University
Reading group: what if Kafka’s books had been burned?
‘Kafkaesque’ would have a very different definition if Max Brod had consigned his friend’s unpublished manuscripts to the flames as requested, writes Sam Jordison
The Lagoon review – Armand Marie Leroi’s rewarding study of Aristotle’s science
Adam Rutherford sinks in to a sumptuous, beautifully written account of the Greek philosopher's forays into biology
Ali Smith, Phill Jupitus and Roger Scruton: Edinburgh international book festival round-up
From poetry to provocation, on film and in person, catch up with the highlights of a packed and wide-ranging weekend
Alain de Botton in quotes: “The news promotes a toxic society of envy”
Why celebrity role models are OK, smartphones are not, and we should all be more biased than the BBC. An hour of philosophical crowd-pleasing distilled into key quotes
In praise of… Mary Midgley
Editorial: A 94-year-old philosopher who won't stand for any nonsense
How Simon’s Cat reveals the hidden truths of existence
Simon Tofield's smash-hit internet series might seem just an amusing cartoon. But through the antics of his animated pet cat, the great philosophical questions of life are posed and answered, writes Laura Barton