Philosophy

Peter Anstey reveals how John Locke’s pessimism about a science of nature began evaporating in light of Isaac Newton’s achievements.

Harvard professor Steven Pinker lays out a powerful case for cultural optimism in his book Enlightenment Now.

The poets E. E. Cummings and T. S. Eliot offer contrasting views of spring—and of mankind in general. Which captures the soul of the season?

Topics include the morality of self-interest, the importance of individualism, the proper role of government, and how to support and defend these truths.

Megan Phelps-Roper was five when her parents first put a picket sign in her hands. You don't want to know what it said.

Here's a brief introduction to Ayn Rand’s views on liberty and how they differ from conventional views.

Unlike most who oppose her, Ocasio-Cortez does not promote contradictory political/economic and moral principles.

The environmentalist movement has long been fueled by anti-human vitriol and calls for human destruction; now their marching orders have been issued afresh.

This book shows that determinists are free to go on questioning the reality of human volition but not free to escape the contradiction inherent in that act.

As long as people conceive of the spectrum in terms of package deals, false alternatives, frozen abstractions, or stolen concepts, their thinking will be discombobulated.