Philosophical Dictionary

What's the deal with Ayn Rand? Why does she remain a big deal to tech billionaires and politicians half a century after her death? Let's delve deeper into the continued influence of the 20th century's controversial yet popular thinker.

Can scholarship have biases based in empire and colonialism? Edward Said critiques these biases and the damaging stereotypes they produce in his landmark work Orientalism. Let's have a look!

Why is Derrida so hard to read? And what can he tell us about the way we communicate? Join us as we discuss his work on deconstruction and finding meaning.

Why is making close friends as an adult so hard? Aristotle said real friendship requires living together and sharing your days, something almost nobody does anymore. Schopenhauer's porcupine parable might explain the rest. What happens when neither solution is available to you?

Join us as we discuss one of Jean-Paul Sartre's literary works, No Exit, and look into existentialist authenticity and freedom, and some of its drawbacks.

Join us as we discuss Judith Butler's ideas on gender, earlier feminist idea, and the social construct.