Hedgehog Day? I thought it was Groundhog Day. No, it’s also an international hedgehog day. A groundhog or woodchuck is really a large, short-tailed squirrel. The name woodchuck derives from a Native ...

Known as the “Prince of the Humanists”, the influential philosopher Erasmus of Rotterdam is behind a number of memorable quotes.

Isaiah Berlin, the 20th century philosopher, said people act either like hedgehogs or foxes when making decisions. The foxes tend to know something about many small things while the hedgehogs know ...

Hedgehog Day? We just celebrated Groundhog Day but it’s also Hedgehog Day around the world. To be clear, a groundhog or woodchuck is really a large, short-tailed squirrel. The name woodchuck derives ...

Here’s how Bernie Sanders is the only truly contemporary politician in the Democratic field: He’s a hedgehog, and the current political climate – not just in America, but globally – favors hedgehogs.

Stephen Jay Gould offers a surprising and nuanced study of the complex relationship between our two great ways of knowing: science and the humanities, twin realms of knowledge that have been divided ...