Short of staycation ideas? Try a pilgrimage to Irish philosophy sites
Unthinkable: Ireland has a rich philosophical heritage – some more plaques would be nice
A week of number-crunching with Alan Turing, John King, and Sam McConkey
An Irishman’s Diary: Numb and numbers
Who really understands Wittgenstein’s ‘bible’ of modern philosophy?
Unthinkable: A short book, the Tractatus has had a big impact, says author David Edmonds
The air is filled with birdsong now. It was always there, we just couldn't hear it
The crisis has us asking deep questions. Why weren't we taking care of each other? Who are my neighbours?
Artificial intelligence an ethical issue for believers and non-believers alike
Rite&Reason: Both sides owe it to humankind to explore an intrinsic value in what it truly is to be human
A ‘third way’ of looking at religion
Unthinkable: Two dead philosophers could provide the key to a more mature debate on faith
‘How we discovered the very best of Ireland’
The challenge was simple: beside the best food, Sally and John McKenna were on the hunt for the best walks, beaches, knife-makers, weavers and places to kayak too
How to become wise: It takes more than Googling
The primary location of wisdom is ‘in a person, not a book’, says Prof Paul O’Grady
Late photographer Walter Pfeiffer’s last collection is published
Artistic interpretation of archaeological dig on Inishlyon also on Clifden festival programme
Ralph Steadman: With gonzo, you don’t cover the story; you become the story
Ralph Steadman spent days trying to find Hunter S Thompson for their first assignment, the landmark article ‘The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved’. The result changed journalism forever
Fintan O’Toole: Silence is a weapon for fighting oblivion
For the Irish, silence is a way of dealing with, and surviving, traumatic exile
World Philosophy Day: We need to start talking about life’s ‘meaning’
If the world stops making sense, call the philosopher
Is humour an effective way of communicating wisdom?
Shared, unspoken knowledge is always the active ingredient in ‘getting the joke’
Unthinkable: How can scientists disagree on basic ‘facts’?
An astrophysicist and a philosopher have teamed up to examine how experts disagree
Unthinkable: Are there truths that can’t be spoken?
Cultivating ‘a sense of wonder that the world exists’ is central to Wittgenstein’s philosophy
Unthinkable: How to deal with disagreement?
It’s not easy but there is a third way to the realist and relativist approaches to truth, says UCD professor of American philosophy Maria Baghramian
Newspaper editor and columnist with a great sense of fun
Paul Drury: July 24th, 1957 - March 8th, 2015
How can we be free from corporate domination?
Philosopher Philip Pettit warns that we are holding corporations ‘less effectively to their responsibilities than we hold individuals to theirs’
How would your area score in the conservation ratings?
Four ecologists have spent six years compiling the first national survey of the Republic’s remaining semi-natural grassland, published by the National Parks and Wildlife Service
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