The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the thirty-fourth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Kenny Easwaran. Mutualistic Anteractions Individual ants do amazing things. They lift huge objects, bring food to the nest, bite gigantic creatures, sacrifice themselves for others, and lay…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the thirty-third contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Rivka Weinberg. In late Spetember, Dr. Rivka Weinberg sat down with The Daily Ant to discuss the point of life, reproductive ethics, and ants! Given that we are posting…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the thirty-second contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Kieran Setiya. Ant-I-Intellectualism We often get ants in our kitchen: relentless black ones scurrying from place to place with an air of purposive intelligence. Betraying no hint…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the thirty-first contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Anne Pollok. Antropology, or, what we can learn from ants and a fiction called Diotima I do not know much about ants. But, come to think of…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the thirtieth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Kevin Timpe. The Fecundity of Ants and the Goodness of Existing “Kevin! Get in here!” comes my wife’s voice from the kitchen, brimming with an emotion somewhere…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the twenty-ninth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Samantha Noll. We apologize for the delay this week, but it was worth the wait! Ant Philosophies of Farming Like humans, one of the reasons why ants…

This week’s Philosophy Phriday contribution will be posted a couple days late – we apologize for any inconveniants!

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the twenty-eighth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Marc Lange. Ants Are Alive Ants are widely reported to be alive. These reports raise an obvious question: What is it for something to be alive? By…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the twenty-seventh contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Ryan Kemp. The Existential Upshot of Crazy Ants The ant has an ambiguous place in Western literature. We all know Aesop’s classic rendition: the industrious ant measured…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the twenty-sixth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Sameer Yadav. Anthropocentrism: A Problem for Neuroethology and Philosophical Theology As the summer months grow hotter it becomes ant-season inside our home.  In search of food and…

The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the twenty-fifth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Gabriel Richardson Lear. Aristotle and Myrmecology as a Humanistic Discipline “The study of ants is the way to self-knowledge.” Aristotle didn’t actually say that, but he might…