A common complaint in America today is that politics and even society as a whole are broken. Critics point out endless lists ...

In “Open Socrates,” Agnes Callard argues for a way of being that sounds a lot like her own.

Her superpowers as a philosopher sprung out of the frustration at getting her thoughts and herself across to people who ...

Researchers are testing whether LLMs can use methods borrowed from ancient philosophy to answer complex questions ...

Callard was so enthralled by Socratic philosophy as a college student that she wanted to “be Socrates” and set out to hound strangers at an art museum with big questions about the meaning of life.

Agnes Callard doesn’t just admire Socrates, the philosopher forced by his fellow Athenians to drink hemlock in 399 BCE; she wants to be him. Entirely conscious of himself as an icon, Callard ...

Ruling is a skilled trade, Plato argues. And like any other trade, not everyone has the talent or the training to be good at ...

But in “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life,” Agnes Callard illustrates how philosophy isn't just a spectator sport. It requires engaging with one another and arguing with each ...

But in “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life,” Agnes Callard illustrates how philosophy isn’t just a spectator sport. It requires engaging with one another and arguing with each ...