Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

Lydia Goehr says that the discipline encourages thought and thoughtfulness, and trains students for all sorts of fields.

Little kids make better philosophers than most adults. That’s the surprising argument made by Scott Hershovitz, a professor of philosophy and law at the University of Michigan. And he worries that too ...

Agnes Callard doesn’t only study and teach philosophy—she lives it. Whether debating a friend over dinner, leading a late-night discussion in Hyde Park, or questioning her own beliefs in print, she ...

“I am like the midwife in that I cannot myself give birth to wisdom … The many admirable truths which [my students] bring to birth have been discovered by themselves from within.” Thus Socrates ...

D eveloping engaging classroom practices has been top of mind for many faculty members in recent years, but it’s particularly useful for those teaching philosophy. Theirs is a discipline that retains ...

Park City High School's Joanna Andres discusses her education journey and teaching philosophy upon winning 2026 Utah Teacher ...

SAN DIEGO — A San Diego philosophy professor can’t claim that his rights were violated when he was disciplined for using sexist epithets during class after a federal judge ruled on Tuesday that his ...