In “Open Socrates,” Agnes Callard argues for a way of being that sounds a lot like her own.

Her superpowers as a philosopher sprung out of the frustration at getting her thoughts and herself across to people who ...

Once you have accepted that inquiry demands the presence of an interlocutor, you may wonder what exactly to inquire about.

Agnes Callard doesn’t just admire Socrates, the philosopher forced by his fellow Athenians to drink hemlock in 399 BCE; she ...

Callard was so enthralled by Socratic philosophy as a college student that she wanted to “be Socrates” and set out to hound strangers at an art museum with big questions about the meaning of life.

But in “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life,” Agnes Callard illustrates how philosophy isn't just a spectator sport. It requires engaging with one another and arguing with each ...

But in “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life,” Agnes Callard illustrates how philosophy isn’t just a spectator sport. It requires engaging with one another and arguing with each ...