A common complaint in America today is that politics and even society as a whole are broken. Critics point out endless lists ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

Ruling is a skilled trade, Plato argues. And like any other trade, not everyone has the talent or the training to be good at ...

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 ...