10 Sep 2014: Roger Scruton: We are accused of offering only the status quo, with all its injustices. But in today’s world the survival of our way of life really is at stake
In this exclusive video for the Guardian, philosopher Alain de Botton gives his top five reasons why art is such a vital force for humanity. Are we wrong to like pretty pictures? Watch and find out
1 Sep 2014:
Uncertainty is a healthy state that encourages liberalism, toleration and fairness by inviting us to explore and ask questions, argues philosopher Luciano Floridi
They don't look like Guardians Of The Galaxy-style superheroes. But, says Andrew Martin, the founders of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk may be all that stands between us and global catastrophe
10 Aug 2014:
Why celebrity role models are OK, smartphones are not, and we should all be more biased than the BBC. An hour of philosophical crowd-pleasing distilled into key quotes
Nosheen Iqbal: The first of Robin Ince's three-part documentary on the world of motivational materials showed how a potted history of philosophy has turned into a $13bn exercise in recycling
Vaughan Bell:Neuroscience encourages us to think of our brains as calculation machines, but such analogies, while useful, also demonstrate our limitations
22 Jul 2014: Matthew Beard: If we don't feel sorrow and anger at the suffering of others, something's wrong. However, a well-cultivated moral sense recognises that you can't own someone else's pain
25 Jun 2014: Carolyn Strange: In 2011 I convened a conference on 'honour' killings at the Australian National University. It went off without a hitch. What was so different about Uthman Badar's dangerous idea?
Simon Tofield's smash-hit internet series might seem just an amusing cartoon. But through the antics of his animated pet cat, the great philosophical questions of life are posed and answered, writes Laura Barton
We look back at Apple's tech products, including game-changers such as the iMac and iPhone, curiosities like Lisa – and duds, like the 20th Anniversary Macintosh