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

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.

She wants her book to do double duty: advance a “neo-Socratic ethics” that can pass muster with her fellow philosophers, and offer lay readers an accessible introduction to how “living a tru ...

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.

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 ...

Agnes Callard doesn’t just admire Socrates, the philosopher forced by his fellow Athenians to drink hemlock in 399 BCE; she wants to be him. Entirely conscious of himself as an icon, Callard ...

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 ...