But in “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life,” Agnes Callard illustrates how philosophy isn't just a spectator ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ...

Book Review: 'Open Socrates' Shows Why Philosophy Isn't a Spectator Sport During a time when many are complaining about divisiveness in politics and in society, it seems counterintuitive for a ...

it seems counterintuitive for a book to make the case that we need to argue more. But in “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life,” Agnes Callard illustrates how philosophy isn’t ...

Welcome to The Marble Palace Blog. I am Tony Mauro, and I have covered the Supreme Court since 1979 and for ALM since 2000. I ...

Callard’s book is intellectually challenging and hardly a simple crash course on Socrates, but the payoff is worth the time and effort put into rethinking approaches to philosophy and life.

MOVING TO FRONT FROM DECEMBER 29, FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE MISSED IT. Professor Ullian, who spent most of his academic career at Washington University, St. Louis (where he was emeritus), worked in logic ...