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The Grind
A painting of a naked man rolling a boulder up a hill.

‘The Literature of the Absurd’: Meursault

Doran Goldman
  •  
May 17, 2023
The Grind
A crowd of people watch an outdoor production of Waiting for Godot. There are two actors standing on the left and right and in the center there is a tree lit up by purple lighting. On the tree there is a sign reading, "Next Day. Same Time. Same Place."

An invitation to reconsider: The role of the audience

Yonatan Laderman
  •  
Nov. 2, 2022
Research
Green Library

Three Stanford faculty elected to American Philosophical Society

Sophia Zhang
  •  
Aug. 16, 2022
News
Hoover Tower above sandstone buildings, purple and pink sky in the background

Stanford community mourns loss of Ph.D. student JT Chipman

Itzel Luna
  •  
May 18, 2022
Op-Ed Columnist
(Courtesy of Pexels).

Opinion | The pitfalls of the narrative self

Hannah H. Kim
  •  
May 23, 2021
Humor
I may be a rational thinker, but my gams are INSANE bro. (Photo: IAN ABBOT/Flickr, ARTURO PARDAVILA III/Wikimedia Commons, Edit: SARAH LEWIS/The Stanford Daily)

Cole Rungle the Frat Boy Philosopher on logical debate

Sarah Lewis
  •  
May 12, 2021
Opinions
Wassily Kandinsky, "Un Centro" (1924)

Opinion | What work is to be done by peripheral countries?

Kamil Aftyka
  •  
May 10, 2021
Opinions
rodin pt 2

Opinion | Can a theoretician lead a rich life?

Kamil Aftyka
  •  
April 27, 2021
Humor
I'm hot when I'm pensive. (Photo: IAN ABBOT/Flickr, ARTURO PARDAVILA III/Wikimedia Commons, Edit: SARAH LEWIS/The Stanford Daily)

Cole Rungle the Frat Boy Philosopher: 9 thoughts on love

Sarah Lewis
  •  
April 27, 2021
Opinions
In this column, Zora Ilunga-Reed reflects on her decision to study philosophy. (Photo: L.A. CICERO/Stanford News Service)

Opinion | Guilty humanities

Zora Ilunga-Reed
  •  
March 30, 2021
Opinions
A close-up of white chocolate

Opinion | In this essay I argue that your teachers were wrong

Hannah H. Kim
  •  
March 18, 2021
Arts & Life
various drawings of houses

The poetics of quarantined space: Revisiting Bachelard

Carly Taylor
  •  
Jan. 17, 2021
The Grind
Tiffany Saade describes a hike to remember. (Photo: Pexels)

1 in 900: The unforgettable hike

Tiffany Saade
  •  
Nov. 8, 2020
The Grind
On thinking critically about our political beliefs in an increasingly partisan political climate. (Photo: Pexels)

Why Philosophy 1 and how to politics

Crystal Chen
  •  
Oct. 27, 2020
Opinions
(Photo: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Human challenge trials: Do we have a moral duty to participate?

Marilyn Zhang
  •  
May 18, 2020
Op-Eds
Lasuen Mall from Jane Stanford Way (Photo: ANDREW BRODHEAD/Stanford News Service)

S/NC and the purpose of higher education

Thomas Slabon
  •  
April 6, 2020
The Grind
We don't have to be alone in order to channel Aristotle's soulful inwardness. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

How to find solitude amidst a crowd

Helena Zhang
  •  
Feb. 18, 2020
Opinions
Illustration of "The Emperor's News Clothes

The Bent: The emperor’s new clothes

Adrian Liu
  •  
Feb. 4, 2020
News
Taylor speaks at a Faculty Senate meeting. (Photo: L.A. CICERO/Stanford News)

Beloved philosophy professor Ken Taylor dies at 65

Cooper Veit and Michael Espinosa
  •  
Dec. 4, 2019
The Grind
Thinking about a deeper understanding of the mind (Photo: Pexels)

The thinker or the listener?

Avery Rogers
  •  
Nov. 11, 2019
The Stanford Daily

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