In his book Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, E.O. Wilson laid out a grand vision for how the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities might be coherently interrelated. Given how ...

William & Mary’s Department of Philosophy is hosting an afternoon conference from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 5, in James Blair Hall 223 to honor Alan H. Goldman, William R. Kenan Jr.

The primary concern of philosophy is to explore ideas that are central to the ways we live and that we commonly use without much reflection, ideas such as truth and justice, the notion of ...

Epistemology or theory of knowledge is the branch of Western philosophy that studies the nature and scope of knowledge. Much of the debate in this field has focused on analyzing the nature of ...

Whether or not you know much about the philosophy of science, The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens is arguably the most accessible and engaging book on the topic ever written. The author – a ...