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The Philosopher is the longest running public philosophy journal in the UK, published since 1923, featuring engaging, challenging contributions from leading international philosophers and emerging voices in the field.
The Philosopher is a long running periodical, established in 1923 by the Philosophical Society of England. Originally in print format, following a split in the mid-2010s the publication now exists in two competing formats.
- Philosophy
- Socrates (470 BC–399 BC)/Plato (429 BC–347 BC) *Socrates and Plato are inseparable from one another in the history of thought and are therefore inseparable in our ranking.
- Aristotle (384 BC–322 BC) Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition.
- Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Kant’s comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential figures in modern Western philosophy.
- René Descartes (1596–1650) René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. A native of the Kingdom of France, he spent about 20 years of his life in the Dutch Republic after serving for a while in the Dutch States Army of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange and the Stadtholder of the United Provinces.
19 min. Essays. "Living a Wisecracking Life": David Shoemaker in conversation with Will Franken (Keywords: Humour; Morality; Absurdism; Deception; Stereotyping; Shame)
The aim of The Philosopher is to publish philosophy that is emotionally intelligent, challenging, formally innovative, and socially just. Our understanding of what constitutes “philosophy” is broad and extends beyond the narrow confines typically set by the academy.
The Philosopher, founded in 1923, is the oldest 'general philosophy' journal in the world. Its history was for many years entwined with that of the Philosophical Society of England, founded ten years earlier.
Mar 20, 2004 · Plato (429?–347 B.C.E.) is, by any reckoning, one of the most dazzling writers in the Western literary tradition and one of the most penetrating, wide-ranging, and influential authors in the history of philosophy.
