The Stone was the New York Times philosophy series, edited by the Times opinion editor Peter Catapano and moderated by Simon Critchley.

It was established in May 2010 as a regular feature of the New York Times opinion section, with the goal of providing argument and commentary informed by or with a focus on philosophy.

More than a dozen of the essays in the series have been chosen as winners of the American Philosophical Association's public op-ed contests.

Over the years, many essays published in the series have won the American Philosophical Association Public Philosophy Op-ed Prize, including four of the five winners in 2020.

[2] The New York Times announced in May of 2021 that the series would be ended, as part of a rebranding of the editorial page and a move away from labeled columns.