Philosophy Now - April/May 2025

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The Human Experience Issue

What Does it Mean to be Human?

Vikas Beniwal considers some philosophers' core understandings.

9 mins

Empathy & Sympathy

James R. Robinson asks, how do they relate, and how do they differ?

9 mins

GUILT

Michael Breslin considers the place of guilt in a healthy personality.

10+ mins

Love Letter

Nigel Rapport steps towards a cosmopolitan love.

7 mins

Hope: Blessing or Curse?

John Creigan considers whether hope helps us thrive or holds us back.

6 mins

The Philosophy of Pain

Vikky Leaney says pain is a problem even (or especially) when we can't see it.

6 mins

Restoring Our Humanity with John Macmurray

Colin Stott contemplates Macmurray’s reunifying thinking.

10+ mins

The Importance of Nature for Thought

Gerardo Posada considers some of the philosophical benefits of green spaces.

8 mins

Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad

Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad, lawyer and theologian, is well-known in Iran for bringing religion closer to the people, AmirAli Maleki asks him about Islam and philosophy.

3 mins

Karma & Human Freedom

Utkarsh Chawla tells us why we're in the moral Goldilocks zone.

10+ mins

Indigenous Australian Philosophy

Ross Naidoo looks at Indigenous thinking through a philosophical lens.

10+ mins

Paulo Freire (1921-1997)

Bruno de Oliveira follows a philosopher of liberation through education.

6 mins

The Goal of Life is Happiness

Massimo Pigliucci surveys the views of ancient schools.

4 mins

A Lifelong Preoccupation

Raymond Tallis recalls a life trying to fathom the chasm between mind and brain.

7 mins

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Philosophy Now is a lively, international newsstand magazine for everyone interested in ideas. It aims to corrupt innocent citizens by convincing them that philosophy can be exciting, worthwhile and comprehensible, and also to provide some light and enjoyable reading matter for those already ensnared by the muse, such as philosophy students and academics.

Philosophy Now appears every two months. It contains articles on all aspects of Western philosophy, as well as book reviews, letters, news, cartoons, and the occasional short story.

Since its small-scale launch in Britain in 1991, Philosophy Now has grown to become the most widely-read philosophy periodical in the English language. Philosophy Now is independent of all groups and has no intentional editorial bias except for a passionate conviction that philosophy is a Good Thing.