A new branch of the French-influenced Hong Kong Philosophy Cafe will be set up later this month to stimulate young people's interest in philosophy and critical thinking. The origins of the philosophy ...

Philosophy is concerned with large, difficult, and controversial questions, many of which have been the subject of inquiry and debate since ancient times. Some pertain to what is. (What makes me what ...

“ALL men by nature desire to know.” So begins the first book of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, written about two and a half thousand years ago and still one of the most influential works of Western ...

While perception is the starting point of our engagement with the world, it is ironic that the human description of the world is populated with all kinds of unperceivable things. It is the invisible, ...

This blog series maps out the key elements of human knowledge to help folks make better sense of the world. Part I introduced the idea of dividing knowledge up into the domains of the objective, ...

Dr (Prof) Sadhana Kala is a USA-trained robotic & laparoscopic surgeon, Uppsala University, Sweden, trained fertility specialist, and ‘National Icon Endoscopic Surgeon' of India. University topper and ...

At first glance, philosophy and mental health might seem like unrelated fields. Philosophy often examines abstract, theoretical, and logical questions, constructing arguments that seem detached from ...

In the 1980s philosophers would sometimes speak of “the Beam”—a metaphorical spotlight of intellectual brilliance that could illuminate even the most complex philosophical conundrums. Only some lucky ...