Articles What is the Philosophy of Mathematics? Stephen Ferguson asks whether mathematical objects are real. I work on the philosophy of mathematics – in fact, I’m just finishing off my PhD ...

Articles Bertrand Russell Stalks The Nazis Thomas Akehurst on why Russell blamed German fascism on German philosophy. Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is best known for his activities at the very ...

A Moral Education Teaching Ethics: What’s The Harm? Patrick Stokes discusses some of the ethical problems arising in teaching ethics. In their (not infrequent) darker moments, academics have been ...

Articles Could There Be A Solution To The Trolley Problem? Omid Panahi finds that finding a solution is not the problem. The Trolley Problem is a thought experiment first devised by the Oxford moral ...

Hegel & History Hegel’s Understanding of History Jack Fox-Williams outlines the basics of how history works for Hegel. One of Hegel’s most interesting but misunderstood areas of enquiry concerns ...

War & Peace The “Ugliest of Things”? Anja Steinbauer considers some criticisms of pacifists and pacifism. When Immanuel Kant wrote his 1795 essay Perpetual Peace, he thought about what it would take ...

Articles Darwin Meets Socrates Steve Stewart-Williams on the implications of evolutionary theory for ethics. “Morality is a collective illusion of the genes. We need to believe in morality, and so, ...

Articles The Decline & Rebirth of Philosophy Daniel Kaufman sees philosophy ailing as a guide for Western culture, and considers how it might be revived. Among the humanities, philosophy is ...

Brian Breeze takes time to think.Personal Identity & Time Transcending The Moment Brian Breeze takes time to think. Everyone knows what time is: don’t they? But perhaps, when we look more closely, we ...

Philosophical Science Richard Feynman’s Philosophy of Science Ben Trubody finds that philosophy-phobic physicist Feynman is an unacknowledged philosopher of science. Richard Feynman (1918-88) was one ...

Continental Thoughts A Radical Cure: Hannah Arendt & Simone Weil on the Need for Roots Scott Remer thinks we arendt happy without a community and considers the complete reconstruction of the modern ...

Science Connections Richard Feynman: Accidental Philosopher Stephen Doty says the scientist was a philosopher, whether he liked it or not. Scientists seem ever the punching bags. Copernicus, Galileo, ...