Plato
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Mathematics and the nature of physical reality
- Science
- October 1, 2020, 01:00
Applied mathematics is the use of maths to address questions and solve problems outside maths itself. Counting money, designing rockets and vaccines,(...)

God, make way for Gaia: A deity even atheists can believe in
- Culture
- June 4, 2020, 05:00
There is no sign of religion disappearing but, in a more secular world with competing faiths and ideologies, it is an open question as to what god - i(...)

Europe’s PLATO mission is seeking out habitable exoplanets
- Science
- February 7, 2019, 01:00
The first exoplanets – planets that lie beyond our solar system – were discovered in 1992. Since then 3,946 more have been identified. But how many of(...)

Why Iris Murdoch Matters review: A compact scholarly work
- Books
- February 2, 2019, 05:00
I first read Iris Murdoch’s writing in 1999, shortly after her death and the Penguin reprint of her Booker Prize-winning novel, The Sea, the Sea (with(...)

Our best hope is that necessity nurtures successful innovation
- Innovation
- November 22, 2018, 06:15
Tuesday evening was the awards dinner for The Irish Times Innovation Awards. As chair of the judging panel, and having been involved for several years(...)

#FlushLush, Patrick Collison’s bookshelf and the end of Monsanto
- Economy
- June 8, 2018, 05:30
In numbers: Goodbye, Monsanto €54 billion Sale price on Monsanto, the controversial US pesticides maker synonymous with GM food, to German chemicals (...)

Brendan Howlin clashes with ex-Ictu boss Begg over referendum
- Religion & Beliefs
- May 21, 2018, 14:13
Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has challenged former general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions David Begg who said he “cannot in con(...)

How to stop your child being bullied – or being a bully
- People
- August 12, 2017, 06:00
School suits some children, and many kids are perfectly fine about going back to school when September arrives. The extroverted, easy-going children o(...)

Quadrivium: the noble fourfold way to an understanding of the universe
- Science
- July 20, 2017, 05:00
According to Plato, a core of mathematical knowledge, later known as the quadrivium, was essential for an understanding of the universe. He outlined t(...)

The meaning of education is being lost in a fug of qualifications
- Education
- March 6, 2017, 13:00
In this mad drive by universities to assuage the captains of industry and cyclopean economists, it is difficult to distinguish any more between those (...)