Philosophy Now - December 2023 / January 2024

In this issue

December 2023 / January 2024

Spinoza & Other Determinists

Myint Zan compares different ways of denying free will.

7 mins

What Is Free Will?

Grant Bartley wants to know what the problem with freedom is all about.

10+ mins

Criticising Strawson's Compatibilism

Nurana Rajabova is wary of an attempt to dismiss determinism to keep free will.

10+ mins

Materialism, Freedom & Ethics

Philip Badger constructs a materialist ethical theory, with the help of John Rawls.

10+ mins

The Will Is Not Free: You Have To Earn It

Basil Gala on what it takes to free ourselves from our formative factors.

10 mins

Saying, Keeping Silent & Showing

Slavoj Žižek on Wittgenstein and Cancel Culture.

8 mins

Torture & Ticking Bombs

Edward Hall is sceptical about this infamous ethical example's usefulness.

6 mins

Parrhesia & Doing Philosophy with Children

Maria daVenza Tillmanns considers the need for freedom of speech for children.

10+ mins

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831)

Warren Ward looks at the history of a man who looked at the history of the world.

8 mins

Terry Pinkard

Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University in Washington DC, talks to AmirAli Maleki about how Hegel can help us make sense of modern social, cultural and political hot topics.

10+ mins

The Discipline of Action

Massimo Pigliucci tells us how to practice forebearance.

4 mins

Film - DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

Jason Friend hacks your identity algorithm.

7 mins

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