Philosophy is understood by many high-school administrators and teachers (and other adults) as a personal exploration of living. I recently heard a student say, “Here’s a philosophical thought: You ...

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, ...

In 2004, after John Immerwahr took charge of a freshman leadership program at Villanova University, he would routinely encourage students to develop a personal mission. He focused their attention on ...

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 ...

The baby-led parenting trend encourages us not to judge and correct bad behavior. But that may not be wise, writes .

“What is philosophy?” is a very philosophical question, in that it lacks a clear and straightforward answer. When they asked it to 49 prominent colleagues, British philosophers Nigel Warburton and ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A Minnesota university is mixing the magical world of Harry Potter into philosophy teachings. St. Cloud State University professor Carolyn Hartz is applying Aristotle’s work on ...

NBC’s ‘The Good Place’ attempts to build a comedy around the topic of moral philosophy. But can a network sitcom accurately teach concepts like existentialism and the works of Plato and Kant? To try ...

Of all the subjects that could be taught in prisons, philosophy might seem a strange choice. You might think that we should address the educational basics first, since, according to a House of Commons ...