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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

David P. Barash says, not necessarily.War & Peace Are Human Beings Naturally Violent And Warlike? David P. Barash says, not necessarily. Ideas have consequences. Few people – and probably no ...

Articles When Apes Have Their Day In Court Shawn Thompson follows legal efforts in the U.S. and Argentina to win rights for apes, exploring arguments about morality and autonomy along the way. Don’t ...

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 ...

Mind & Morals Consciousness Resurrected Güven Güzeldere asks where we are now with the mind-body problem. While the mind-body problem has been around for a long time, it is no less compelling for ...

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 ...

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 ...