In Defense of Philosophy We live in a time when we doubt the relevance of philosophy in our lives. What is there to do with philosophy? Who needs these abstractions? For me, the reason we need philosophy in today’s world stems exactly from the fact that we doubt its relevance. This discipline has always been central to human thought, etymologically, from ancient Greek, meaning love for wisdom- philos (loving) and sophia (wisdom). Until the scientific revolution, science was referred to as...

The recent election of Zohran Mamdani as the mayor of New York City caused mixed and reactions from the public. The centre-left-leaning liberals show great enthusiasm and anticipation for what they feel to be a significant social change in the making, in the very heart of American capitalism, while the more conservative centre-right factions express their discontent and disappointment for the outcome. In my opinion, this result is really what we needed in the polarized world of politics...