Zen and Taoism make their expected appearances; so, too, does the café, reimagined as a modern agora, ‘a site of logos’, ...

In their latest philosophical novelty book, Baggini and Stangroom refashion the kind of frivolous quiz found in women's and men's style magazines—the kind with flippant multiple-choice answers adding ...

In tackling the meaning of life, Baggini (Atheism: A Very Short Introduction) demonstrates the debate's long and knotty history. Drawing on a wide array of attempts to formulate a theory about life's ...

For millennia, the world has been thinking about the most baffling of questions: why are we here, where have we been, where are we going, or are we just – here. Is this it? And what does it mean?

The philosopher and writer had walked across the Downs from his home in Sneyd Park to talk about his newest book, The Book of ...

Global food systems have grown unsustainable and must be reworked, according to this intermittently illuminating treatise. Philosopher Baggini (How the World Thinks) describes a mismanaged network of ...

When someone writes that they want to “examine how matter makes minds” and “present a new view of how to conceptualize consciousness,” you would be justified in raising a skeptical eyebrow, even when ...

THE LIVES AND LOVES OF A SHE DEVIL by Fay Weldon, chosen by Victoria Pile THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway, chosen by Julian Baggini CLEAR by Carys Davies, chosen by Harriett Gilbert Comedy ...

Philosopher Julian Baggini fears that, as we learn more and more about the universe, scientists are becoming increasingly determined to stamp their mark on other disciplines. Here, ...

Few would begrudge scientists pride in the incredible achievements of their discipline. But many people do resent the ways in which these achievements have encouraged certain of their number to launch ...

Comedy writer and director Victoria Pile joins philosopher and author Julian Baggini to talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. On the menu is a feminist revenge novel that is as dark ...