I first heard the word “cogito” in college and it remains one of the few Latin words imprinted in my vocabulary. Literally meaning, “I think,” the term is most often associated with the famous dictum ...

The School of Modern History and Philosophy continued to attract philosophy aficionados and students from the twin cities as it wrapped up its lectures for the month of May. The school, a ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss one of the most famous statements in philosophy, 'Cogito ergo sum', Rene Descartes' attempt to establish what we can truly know. Show more Melvyn Bragg and his ...

Rene Descartes (1596–1650) is the author of perhaps the most famous philosophical quote of all, cogito ergo sum, usually rendered as I think, therefore I am. There is however more to this quote, and ...

Today it might sound pretty outlandish, but in fact the Latin West’s preoccupation with a number of philosophical issues since the Middle Ages had its precedent in the intense deliberations of the ...

Probably the strangest biography of the year, this volume is the product of more than forty years of obsession by Watson, a professor of philosophy at Washington University, in St. Louis. He is less ...

Antonio Damasio’s two previous books, Descartes’s Error and The Feeling of What Happens, appealed not only to scientists. The citations, prizes and honours, not ...

These are the times of unreason. look at what is happening around. Read what is being written. Hear what is being told. From newspapers to news channels, all are talking in a language that is taxing ...

I first heard the word “cogito” in college and it remains one of the few Latin words imprinted in my vocabulary. Literally meaning, “I think,” the term is most often associated with the famous dictum ...