His brutal death, caught on video, shocked those who had grown accustomed to the illusion that barbarism had been relegated ...

The term implied that the women who attended Bergson’s lectures could only be mondaines—society women—who wanted to be seen in the presence of a fashionable philosopher. Bergson, for his part, did not ...

1748: The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of Austrian Succession. 1855: Premiere of Franz Listz’s symphonic poem “Prometheus”. 1859: Birth of French philosopher Henri Bergson. 1860: The Second ...

Tags: Cronyism and Corporatism, Philosophy, Progressivism, U.S. History The standard belief is that slavery was about obtaining “cheap labor,“ yet nothing could be further from the truth. Slavery ...

A nice video from UCL (Bentham's ideas inspired its establishment): a ADDENDUM: A reader points out the funny implication of the parenthetical, above, so let me make clear that it was not Bentham's ...

The MA in Philosophy will give you a thorough grounding in the core knowledge and skills required for philosophical research, while also allowing you to pursue your own philosophical interests in ...