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Popper, Science & Democracy
Brian King follows Popper's idea of the evolution of knowledge, life and society.
10+ min |
August/September 2025
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Philosophers on Newspapers
Someone once said that Europe is characterized by the newspaper.
2 min |
August/September 2025
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The Philosophical Method of Exception
Peter Keeble spotlights and critiques a common philosophical technique.
7 min |
August/September 2025
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Knowledge Xuanzang & the Gettier Problem
Maya Koka journeys through the desert to seek knowledge about knowledge.
4 min |
August/September 2025
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Ethics Goes Awry in Humans and AI
The Politics of Reincarnation in Tibet. Early Adopter of Kierkegaard & Tillich Dies
4 min |
August/September 2025
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Affirmative Action for Androids
Jimmy Alfonso Licon asks, when should we prioritise android rights?
10+ min |
June/July 2025
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Welcome to the Civilization of the Liar's Paradox
Slavoj Žižek uncovers political paradoxes of lying.
10+ min |
June/July 2025
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The Importance of the Purple
Massimo Pigliucci looks for threads of integrity in a morally compromised world.
3 min |
June/July 2025
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Ethics for the Age of AI
Mahmoud Khatami asks, can machines make good moral decisions?
10 min |
June/July 2025
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Anand Vaidya (1976-2024)
Manjula Menon on the short but full career of a 'disciplinary trespasser'.
7 min |
June/July 2025
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Studying Smarter with AI?
Max Gottschlich on sense and nonsense when using AI in academia.
5 min |
June/July 2025
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Excusing God
Raymond Tallis highlights the problem of evil.
7 min |
June/July 2025
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Stephen Fry
Perhaps unshockingly for someone who is an actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer, Stephen Fry has a deep interest in words and how we use them. After hearing him lecture on that subject, Marcel Steinbauer-Lewis asked him about Artificial Intelligence and how it connects with the extraordinary lure of language.
8 min |
June/July 2025
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Is VR Meaningful Escapism?
Amir Haj-Bolouri enquires into possible meaning through technology.
9 min |
June/July 2025
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What Simone de Beauvoir Got — And Didn't Get – About Motherhood
Nura Hossainzadeh argues that motherhood is both physical and transcendent.
10+ min |
June/July 2025
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Is Laughter Liberating or Cruel?
Alfie Bown investigates different categories of laughter. investigates different categories of laughter.
8 min |
June/July 2025
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Rescuing Mind from the Machines
Vincent J. Carchidi agrees with Descartes and friends that our ability to use language creatively distinguishes our minds from computers.
10+ min |
June/July 2025
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Young & Meaningful
Elise Beal notes a Japanese philosophy of finding pleasure in the small things, and matches it with an online trend.
6 min |
June/July 2025
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The Functions of Humor in Writing
Omar Sabbagh contemplates the use of humor, in fiction, and in life.
7 min |
June/July 2025
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René Descartes Loses His Phone
Judah Crow follows Descartes as he seeks that which one must have always.
7 min |
June/July 2025
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PERFECT DAYS
Thomas E. Wartenberg focuses on a path to happiness.
6 min |
June/July 2025
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The Importance of Nature for Thought
Gerardo Posada considers some of the philosophical benefits of green spaces.
8 min |
April/May 2025
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Indigenous Australian Philosophy
Ross Naidoo looks at Indigenous thinking through a philosophical lens.
10+ min |
April/May 2025
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Empathy & Sympathy
James R. Robinson asks, how do they relate, and how do they differ?
9 min |
April/May 2025
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Restoring Our Humanity with John Macmurray
Colin Stott contemplates Macmurray’s reunifying thinking.
10+ min |
April/May 2025
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What Does it Mean to be Human?
Vikas Beniwal considers some philosophers' core understandings.
9 min |
April/May 2025
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Love Letter
Nigel Rapport steps towards a cosmopolitan love.
7 min |
April/May 2025
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The Goal of Life is Happiness
Massimo Pigliucci surveys the views of ancient schools.
4 min |
April/May 2025
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Paulo Freire (1921-1997)
Bruno de Oliveira follows a philosopher of liberation through education.
6 min |
April/May 2025
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Hope: Blessing or Curse?
John Creigan considers whether hope helps us thrive or holds us back.
6 min |