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Articles Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword Mike Alder explains why mathematicians and scientists don’t like philosophy but do it anyway. As a mathematician, I take care not to be caught doing philosophy.
Thoughts on Thought Iain McGilchrist’s Naturalized Metaphysics Rogério Severo looks at the brain to see the world anew. It seems there was a time when metaphysicians were all of a single species. Now ...
Overview What’s New in… Chinese Philosophy Anja Steinbauer on modern developments in an ancient philosophical tradition. Many thinkers of our time believe that ‘globalisation’, “the process whereby ...
Articles The Limits of Authenticity Ben G. Yacobi asks if it is possible to live authentically. We are told: “To thine own self be true!” But what do we mean if we say that somebody is an authentic ...
Religion & Secularism Beyond Humanism? Robert Griffiths argues that humanist ethics has significant limitations. There are many people who do not believe in gods in any sense. Some are fervent ...
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 ...
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 ...
Articles A Philosophical History of Transhumanism John Kennedy Philip goes deep into the search for (post-) human heights. Throughout our history, we human beings have been trying to transform ...
Articles Atheist In A Foxhole David Rönnegard asks how a committed atheist confronted with death might find consolation. I am a secularly-minded philosopher. Faith is not a virtue I hold. In ...
Plato Plato: A Theory of Forms David Macintosh explains Plato’s Theory of Forms or Ideas. For the non-philosopher, Plato’s Theory of Forms can seem difficult to grasp. If we can place this theory into ...
Articles Kant and the Thing in Itself Ralph Blumenau on why things may not be what they seem to be. Before Kant, philosophers had divided propositions into two kinds, under the technical names of ...