In Q&A, UChicago philosopher Agnes Callard talks new book and cultivating an ‘inherently inquisitive’ approach to ...

In her new book, Callard makes the case that we should all live more philosophically but where does politics fit in?

Thinking, Callard writes, requires interacting with others the same way Socrates did — even arguing with them. Philosophy isn't meant to be comfortable, she stresses. “Thinking happens during ...

Places such as the agora (marketplace) and theatre also became important - and less exclusive - venues for new thinking and discussions, especially after the philosopher Socrates took to the ...

By putting Socrates on trial, Athens was doing more than punishing one man—it was silencing a way of thinking. It was a ...