Help keep Salon independent

Topic: Philosophy

President Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Doral Miami, March 9, 2026. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

History's monster, not its hero

Mike Lofgren
Man walking on Penrose triangle. (Getty Images / francescoch)

Don’t fight uncertainty — embrace it

Clayton Dalton
Alanis Morissette performs at The Omni Coliseum in Atlanta Georgia, September 14, 1996 (Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

"Ironic" debate settled once and for all

Megan Volpert
Greek philosopher Socrates statues with a MAGA hat (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The MAGA right actually hates America

Mike Lofgren
Advertisement:
Portrait of scientist with projected mathematical data (Getty Images/Monty Rakusen)

Is math objectively real?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Members of the Jewish community attend a rally in Victoria Embankment Gardens organised by Na'amod UK to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, for Israeli and Palestinian 'hostages' to be exchanged and for an end to the siege of Gaza on 19th November 2023 in London, United Kingdom. (Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Why policing antisemitism is antisemitic

Roman Altshuler
Bruce Springsteen performs at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on May 16, 2024 in Cork, Ireland. (Kieran Frost/Redferns/Getty Images)

Trump's playlist uses Hitler's playbook

Megan Volpert
BOSTON, MA - APRIL 17: Governor of Massachusetts Maura Healey is interviewed by the media during the 127th Boston Marathon on April 17, 2023 on Boylston Street in Boston, MA. ((Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images))

Science and religion find middle ground

Rae Hodge
Advertisement:
Actor Patrick Swayze poses for a "Road House" (1989) portrait in Los Angeles, California (Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images)

"Pain don't hurt": Road House sans creed

Melanie McFarland
John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten | Bust of Zeno of Citium | Bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The stoics and the Sex Pistols

Megan Volpert
Post Apocalyptic Urban Landscape (Getty Images/Bulgac)

Human extinction as a real possibility

Émile P. Torres
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a press conference August 1, 1963. (National Archive/Newsmakers/Getty Images)

Did liberalism sabotage itself?

Paul Rosenberg
Advertisement:
AI hand holding a nuclear fusion reaction (Getty Images/Ole_CNX)

AI: apocalypse or utopia? Probably not

Émile P. Torres
Two men in discussion (Getty Images/fizkes)

How to fight like a philosopher

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Futuristic city with an organic architecture (Getty Images/3000ad)

Why utopian thinking is so dangerous

Émile P. Torres
Mind manipulation, concept (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How do we know what is true? Not easy!

Richard Eckersley
Advertisement:
Greenwashing, concept (Getty Images/Tanaonte)

How Big Oil infected climate discourse

Kathleen Dean Moore
A Proud Boys gestures | Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio | California Storm Clouds (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Historical amnesia and the end of days

Henry A. Giroux
Doomsday Clock (Getty Images/VICTOR de SCHWANBERG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Doomsday Clock: The danger is real

Émile P. Torres
The TED logo stands illuminated on stage in the Community Theater in Vancouver, Canada. (Lawrence Sumulong/Getty Images)

The cult of expertise comes for Buddhism

Curtis White
Advertisement:
People walk amid skeletons in a drought affected area in Mandera, Kenya on December 1, 2022. | A view of flood-hit areas as families struggle while winter comes in Mehar, Dadu District, Sindh province, Pakistan on October 22, 2022. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why the world needs climate justice

Émile P. Torres
Kanye West (Getty/Oliver Contreras)

Ye, DeSantis and resurgent antisemitism

Henry A. Giroux
The School of Athens | Trash, Pollution, Environmental Problems (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Did Western philosophy ruin Earth?

Michael Paul Nelson, Kathleen Dean Moore
Man shouting into megaphone (Getty Images/Anton Vierietin)

"White Psychodrama" and the culture wars

Émile P. Torres
« Previous
Page: 1
Next »
Advertisement: