Philosophy

And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall...

The world needs heretics. If every philosopher, every writer or every artist agrees with what’s generally accepted, society will never progress. If...

The great Clarence Darrow once said, “To think is to differ.” This truth implies that those who cannot disagree cannot think....

The main motivation of a true thinker for writing her thoughts and ideas should, I believe, be this – so that...

  All of philosophy originates from two things – burning curiosity and uncompromising honesty. All the other rudiments of good philosophy like...

This past Thursday, February 3, Ryan Tani and Garrick Bercero of the Filipino Freethinkers were invited to lecture at the De La Salle University in Manila. Tani discussed the problem of evil and how it is inconsistent with the Christian God while Bercero spoke about how a godless morality is possible.

So what is Qi (Chi)? Is it a mysterious force used to channel your inner strength into fireballs and lasers? Is it a form of energy that can be manipulated to bring good fortune? Spiritual strength used to duel to the death? Take a little Chinese lesson in the history and evolution of Qi throughout the centuries...

While the world watches Egypt in revolution, many are unaware that almost three centuries today, one of the greatest revolutionaries was...

One of the issues being debated by freethinkers is the source of our morality. Some atheists postulate that morality is just the product of evolution while agnostics point out that there are cases of altruistic human behavior that have nothing to do with propagating one's genes, and theists claim that our moral values must have therefore come from a Moral Lawgiver.