Thales is known as the first philosopher. Miletus was the first school where the education of philosophy was taught. Philosophy was the first concept through which people were taught about reality and ...

Reading about the closures of several philosophy departments has me worried that our centuries-old experiment of liberal arts education is ending. The United States has been trying to transform ...

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 ...

George Matthew Adams, a popular newspaper columnist at the turn of the 19th century, once said, “Every one of us, unconsciously, works out a personal philosophy of life, by which we are guided, ...

Rabindranath Tagore, the polymathic Nobel Laureate from Bengal, is celebrated not only for his literary brilliance but also for his visionary ideas on education Rabindranath Tagore (May 7, 1861 to ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Angela Hobbs is an Honorary Patron of the Philosophy Foundation, a Patron of the Philosophy in Education Project (PEP) and on the Executive Committee of the British Philosophical Association. How do ...

“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 ...

Admit Weekend has come and gone, and with it the various panels, fairs, activities and open houses, all designed to convince the newest batch of freshmen that Stanford is the best place to be — under ...

Philosophy of Education is concerned with asking: What is a good education? This relates to a series of other questions, such as: What are the benefits of education for the individual, and for society ...