Difficulties such as loss and depression often make people question how their lives can be meaningful. Sometimes, they seek answers in mystical sayings, such as that everything happens for a reason ...

Psychological and philosophical studies have long shown that a person's subjective moods and emotions have a significant impact on how they experience the “meaning in life.” Philosopher Matthew ...

Lydia Goehr says that the discipline encourages thought and thoughtfulness, and trains students for all sorts of fields.

Research in language philosophy has long interrogated the interplay between normativity and meaning. Central debates focus on how linguistic practices are governed by norms that not only delineate ...

Dr. David M. Nixon, Ph.D. (Capitol Hill resident, philosophy professor, actor, musician, dancer, animator, painter, and member of local absurdist art pop theater band ...

It is unclear if we live in a particularly smart era, but we clearly live in a particularly "smart" era. That is, the usage of the word "smart" is far more common than ever before. We are told that a ...

I specialize in 19th century continental philosophy, with a special emphasis on Søren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche. My areas of competence include ancient philosophy (particularly Plato) and ...