CATEGORIES
DON'T LOOK UP
Dylan Skurka marvels at the human capacity to ignore existential threats.
Was Spinoza Actually An ATHEIST?
Kenneth Novis says the case hinges on how you define 'God'.
Digital Freedom
Roberta Fischli & Thomas Beschorner argue that our digital future is not preprogrammed: it's about time we start thinking about what it should look like.
Mill, Free Speech & Social Media
Nevin Chellappah asks whether John Stuart Mill's famous account of free speech is still sustainable in the age of Twitter.
How To Be Really Good
Robert Griffiths considers what it takes to actually be a mensch.
Levinas and Post-Pandemic Masking
Adam Birt tells us why Levinas wants us to throw off our face coverings.
Of Clouds & Shadows
Heiner Thiessen on Eratosthenes, Ancient Greek scientist.
The Uses and Misuses of Socrates
Dennis Sansom says we shouldn't be too quick to pluck philosophers out of their own historical contexts in order to put them into ours.
Aristotle's Guide To Living Well
Lawrence Evans contemplates Aristotle's argument that happiness is the ultimate goal of human life, and that it can best be found in philosophical contemplation.
Glaucon Before Lachesis
Mark Piper unveils the long-lost epilogue to Plato's Republic.
Plato's Myths
Neel Burton asks why the master reasoner turned to launching legends.
Books
In this issue we look at two books on four famous female philosophers and friends; and another on the liberating experience of teaching philosophy in prison.
Daisetsu Suzuki (1870-1966)
Brian Morris contemplates the 'ultimate reality' of a Zen Buddhist philosopher.
An Ancient Conversation About Motion
Matei Tanasă imagines the sort of conversation about change, motion, appearance and reality that philosophers were having in ancient Athens.
Advertising is Immoral
Peter Gildenhuys says many adverts are saturated with sophistry.
Books
Vincent Di Norcia thinks about Roman Emperors, Peter Stone gives good reasons why inequality is bad, and Alan Shepherd scrutinises a new vision of society.
Did Kant Solve Skepticism?
Thomas Morrison asks just what Kant learned from his Critique of Pure Reason.
In Search of an Ethical Roadmap
Samantha Neave explores how to be a good person, with the help of Immanuel Kant and the Tooth Fairy.
Gender as Biological Fact vs Gender as Social Construction
Francisco Javier Camacho Jr asks, what difference does it make?
Henk Manschot is Professor Emeritus at the University of Humanistics in the Netherlands.
Amirali Maleki interviews him about Nietzsche's approach to philosophy and life
Kant's Political Philosophy
Matt Qvortrup explains how the Enlightenment's leading philosopher went looking for a bit of peace.
The Enticing Light of Progress
Helena Moradi asks if the promise of pure progress is problematic.
Philosophical Haiku
Simone Weil (1909-1943)
Transcending Kant
Joshua Mozersky argues that reality itself might be accessible to us.
Diogenes the Cynic (c.404-323 BC)
Martin Jenkins recalls what we know for sure about the philosopher in the barrel.
The Lottery' & Locke's Politics
John P. Irish considers through an infamous lottery.
The Determined Will
Stephen Brewer’s couple are determined to argue about free will.
What Is Truth?
Richard Oxenberg on the need for an old paradigm, especially in ethics.
Paradox Lost
Paul Tissier argues that Russell’s Paradox isn’t really a paradox.
The Goodness of Existence
Jarlath Cox says whether life brings pleasure or pain, the value of being born is the ability to experience at all.