It’s True that Philosophy Never Gets Outdated, But . . .

The problem facing traditional Western philosophy is that science has usurped so much of its turf over the past 100-or-so years, and this can only accelerate from here.

Why is the universe here? How did it begin? What are its ultimate building blocks? These questions are now the province of cosmologists and particle physicists.

How does the mind work?  What is consciousness?  Are we born with a “clean slate,” as John Locke posited?  How is it possible that, deep into the “information age,” there are still tens of millions of Americans who believe that Donald Trump is a good, honest person?  Now, we turn to neurologists for answers here.

I hope future generations will continue to be interested in Socrates, but there are no guarantees.