Philosophy Now - April/May 2023

In this issue

April/May 2023

What it Means to be Human: Blade Runner 2049

Kilian Pötter Introduces the big ideas and problems around artificial consciousness.

10+ mins

Al & Human Interaction

Miriam Gorr asks what we learn from current claims for cyberconsciousness.

10+ mins

Arguing with the Chinese Room

Michael DeBellis says Searle's famous argument about computers not having understanding does not compute.

10+ mins

What's Stopping Us Achieving Artificial General Intelligence?

A. Efimov, D. Dubrovsky, and F. Matveev explore how the development of Al is limited by the perceived need to understand language and be embodied.

10+ mins

Can Machines Be Conscious?

Sebastian Sunday Grève and Yu Xiaoyue find an unexpected way in which the answer is 'yes'.

7 mins

Hap & Happiness

Stephen Anderson meditates on misfortune and meaning.

10+ mins

Hannah Arendt On the Spectre of Nuclear War

Maurits de Jongh finds our contemporary situation reflected in earlier states.

10+ mins

The Urgency of Art

Sam McAuliffe thinks that art offers another way of thinking.

6 mins

Descartes & Stupidity

Trevor Pateman asks: stupidity - essence, or accident?

6 mins

Chamfort (1740-1794)

Martin Jenkins looks at the life of a wry observer of society, cut short by that society's revolutionary turmoil.

6 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.