Alan Shepherd examines Bergson’s view of intuition as a key to metaphysical knowledge. Unlike Kant, Bergson believes we can directly access reality through our experience of time, or “duration.” Intuition expands through memory, evolution, and mystical insight, revealing a creative, loving force behind life. More than intellect, it offers deep, spiritual truths and reclaims metaphysics as a meaningful, ethical, and experiential pursuit.

Is science getting at the truth? Those who spread doubt about science tend to argue that scientists were “sure” in the past, and then they ended up being wrong. This conversation looks to historical investigation and philosophical-sociological analysis to defend science against this potentially dangerous scepticism. Indeed, as Peter Vickers argues, we can confidently identify many scientific claims that are future-proof: they will last forever, so long as science continues.

"Philosophical theorizing is made for human beings, and it should fit human beings, and not the other way around."

"Philosophy, including and perhaps especially, public philosophy, is often best done in dialogue, as Socrates well knew."

"Epistemic vices are fundamentally failures of our inner life, failures to relate or respond to epistemic values and ideals."

"Concepts are fundamentally determined by their relations to one another, so it’s hard to tinker with them in isolation."