Francis Fukuyama & the Perils of Identity

Peter Benson critiques a liberal but nationalistic brand of identity politics.

Destined In Delhi

Seán Moran contemplates kismet and choreography.

The Mind Of Leonardo Da Vinci

Waqās Ahmed connects Leonardo's worldview with systems theory.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Thomas E. Wartenberg sees current concerns about truth in the news spotlighted by a classic Western.

Poodle As Representation Rottweiler As Will

Christopher Ryan takes a dogged look at Schopenhauer’s view of the world.

Philosophical Outlook & Mental Well-Being

Sam Woolfe asks if pessimism is a proper response to life or a symptom of depression.

Goading Gladiators

Seán Moran analyses amphitheatrical antics.

Challenge, Enhancement & Martial Arts

Daniel Faggella uses technology to reevaluate what it is to be challenged.

A Golden Manifesto, Part II

Mary Midgley continues her recollection of a golden age of female philosophy.

Epicurus For Today

Luke Slattery argues that the ancient philosophy of the Garden offers an attractive answer to some of the challenges of the modern world.

Game: Everything

Kaya York experiences monism, mysticism, and Schopenhauerian ethics while playing David OReilly’s video game.

lost in translation

laura d’olimpio gazes thoughtfully at a postmodern existential platonic romance.

Arresting Thoughts

Maeve Roughton asks if it’s becoming a crime to think the wrong thoughts.

Berkeley's & Hume's Philosophical Memoirs

David Berman looks for similarities and differences in the aims of the two thinkers.

Acceptable In Amsterdam

Sean Moran tiptoes tolerantly through the tulips.

Xenos: Jacques Derrida On Hospitality

Peter Benson tackles xenophobia with the help of Jacques Derrida and Plato.

Homelessness & The Limits Of Hospitality

Anya Daly says we’ll solve homelessness only when we see it as our problem.

An Education In Diversity?

Christina Easton asks if a liberal education can be forced on non-liberal communities.

Santa Claus & The Problem Of Evil

Jimmy Alfonso Licon engages in a little Santodicy for Christmas.

Seeing The Future In The Present Past

Siobhan Lyons perceives the flow of history in terms of organic growth and decay.

Death & The Philosopher

Raymond Tallis on philosophical attitudes to non-being.

Kant &The Human Subject

Brian Morris compares the ways Kant’s question “What is the human being?” has been answered by philosophers and anthropologists.

Eating Stupid Pigs

Marco Kaisth asks, could radical genetic engineering create ethical factory farms?

Doctor-Patient Relationships

Paul Walker ponders the best type of relationship between a doctor and a patient.

How Cubism Tried To Create A New Language

Stuart Greenstreet wonders why Cubist communication failed to catch on.

The Experience Machine And Psychiatric Drugs

Emil Asplund & Erik Gustavsson try to find the truth about medication.

Pugnacious In The Punjab

Seán Moran considers holy war in Lahore.

Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990)

Alistair MacFarlane considers the modes of life of a conservative philosopher.

moral certainty

toni vogel carey connects the dots.

i hate you, my lovely france!

hamid andishan tells us how sartre, a philosopher of freedom, had problems with the politics of the land of liberté, and how this affected his view of human rights.