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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.