He argues that it is a lingering ghost of the Judaeo-Christian worldview among philosophers who ought to know better.

ECONOMIST: The question of existence

Serious soul searching has been going on for some time now, particularly among philosophers, anthropologists, economic historians, and among Asian regional specialists.

ECONOMIST: The once and future boom

Over the past century, materialism has gained an upper hand among philosophers, and it is certainly the common working-assumption of psychologists, neuroscientists and artificial-intelligence researchers.

ECONOMIST: Philosophy of consciousness

An argument popular among philosophers is that, as long as the child's life is of acceptable quality, it is irrational to use arguments based on the child's welfare.

BBC: What is society's problem with elderly mothers?

Isaac has told Henry how he lived for a time among the philosophers at Brook Farm and then at Fruitlands, but now he says he cannot be driven from the certainty of his books.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Woodsburner'

That did not sit well at all with the few other colonists, among them nudists, sadists and Utopian philosophers, who had got there first.

ECONOMIST: Island life